Citation
Gutin, Iliya (2020). Educational Differences in Mortality Associated with Central Obesity: Decomposing the Contribution of Risk and Prevalence.
Social Science Research, 90, 102445. PMCID: PMC7443193
Abstract
Thousands of preventable deaths are attributed to obesity in the United States. However, the harmfulness of obesity varies across the population; individuals’ education determines access to healthful resources and exposure to competing risks, dampening/amplifying obesity-associated mortality risk. Using restricted U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data (N = 40,058; 1988–2015), this study estimates educational differences in mortality attributable to central obesity (waist-to-height ratio
URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2020.102445Reference Type
Journal Article
Year Published
2020
Journal Title
Social Science Research
Author(s)
Gutin, Iliya
Article Type
Regular
PMCID
PMC7443193
Data Set/Study
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
Continent/Country
United States of America
State
Nonspecific
ORCiD
Gutin - 0000-0003-4216-8963