Multilevel Examination of the Association of Urbanization with Inflammation in Chinese Adults
Thompson, Amanda L.; Houck, Kelly M.; Adair, Linda; Gordon-Larsen, Penny; & Popkin, Barry. (2014). Multilevel Examination of the Association of Urbanization with Inflammation in Chinese Adults. Health & Place, 28, 177-86. PMCID: PMC4091901 NIHMSID: NIHMS599265
Thompson, Amanda L.; Houck, Kelly M.; Adair, Linda; Gordon-Larsen, Penny; & Popkin, Barry. (2014). Multilevel Examination of the Association of Urbanization with Inflammation in Chinese Adults. Health & Place, 28, 177-86. PMCID: PMC4091901 NIHMSID: NIHMS599265
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We examine the associations between overall urbanicity and specific physical and social components of community-level urbanization with C-reactive protein (CRP) in adults participating in the China Health and Nutrition Study. Higher overall urbanicity and environment-related urbanicity component scores, including education, housing quality, and access to markets, were associated with elevated CRP in multilevel models controlling for clustering by community. These associations differed by age and gender and persisted after controlling for individual-level anthropometric, diet, and pathogenic risk factors. These results highlight the importance of place in relation to inflammation across the spectrum of rural and urban environments.
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Thompson, Amanda L.
Houck, Kelly M.
Adair, Linda
Gordon-Larsen, Penny
Popkin, Barry
2014
Health & Place
28
177-86
10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.05.003
PMC4091901
NIHMS599265
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