Living in highly deprived neighborhoods was associated with increased odds of health risk behaviors independent of sociodemographic factors, BMI, and comorbidities.
Cross-Sectional
Does high neighborhood deprivation increase the odds of health risk behaviors in the US population?
Living in highly deprived neighborhoods is independently associated with increased risky health behaviors such as smoking, poor diet, physical inactivity, and excessive alcohol consumption.
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether neighborhood-level socioeconomic status is an independent risk factor for health risk behaviors. METHODS: Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were linked with census tracts from the 1990 US Census. Outcome variables included biomarkers for smoking and high dietary fat intake, and self-reported excessive alcohol consumption and physical inactivity. RESULTS: Multivariate logistic regression showed an association between high levels of neighborhood deprivation and increased odds of health risk behaviors independent of sociodemographic factors, BMI, and comorbidities. CONCLUSION: Living in highly deprived neighborhoods is associated with risky health behaviors.
Stimpson et al. (Wed,) conducted a cross-sectional in Health risk behaviors. Neighborhood deprivation was evaluated on Biomarkers for smoking and high dietary fat intake, and self-reported excessive alcohol consumption and physical inactivity. Living in highly deprived neighborhoods was associated with increased odds of health risk behaviors independent of sociodemographic factors, BMI, and comorbidities.