Association of Socioeconomic Position With Sensory Impairment Among US Working-Aged Adults

Association between childhood socioeconomic position and periodontitis in Korean adults.

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship of early life socioeconomic position (SEP) and adulthood periodontitis in the middle aged Korean representative sample. METHODS The 4th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data were used. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted on adults aged 30-59 years to estimate the association between parental SEP (education, occup...

Indicators of abdominal size relative to height associated with sex, age, socioeconomic position and ancestry among US adults

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES The supine sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD) and standing waist circumference (WC) describe abdominal size. The SAD/height ratio (SADHtR) or WC/height ratio (WHtR) may better identify cardiometabolic disorders than BMI (weight/height2), but population-based distributions of SADHtR and WHtR are not widely available. Abdominal adiposity may differ by sociodemographic charact...

Association of obesity with socioeconomic status among adults aged 18~80 years old in rural northwest China

Prevalence of High-Burden Medical Conditions Among Young and Middle-Aged Adults With Pediatric-Onset Medical Conditions: Findings From US Private and Public Administrative Claims Data

Adults with pediatric-onset medical conditions (POMCs) are susceptible to early development of high-burden medical conditions. However, research pertaining to this topic is lacking, which is vital information that could assist in health benefit planning and administration. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of high-burden medical conditions among privately and publicly in...

Socioeconomic inequalities in health among school-aged adolescents in Tehran

Background: Socioeconomic status has been found to have a significant impact on the health as well as risk behaviors of adolescents across different contexts. This study was conducted to assess the effect of social relations adjusted by social class on physical and psychological well-being of adolescences in Teheran, Iran.     Methods: This was a cross- sectional study and car...