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Secular Trends In The Association Of Socio-Economic Position With Self-Reported Dietary Attributes And Biomarkers In The Us Population: National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey (Nhanes) 1971–1975 To Nhanes 1999–2002, Ashima K. Kant, Barry I. Graubard
Secular Trends In The Association Of Socio-Economic Position With Self-Reported Dietary Attributes And Biomarkers In The Us Population: National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey (Nhanes) 1971–1975 To Nhanes 1999–2002, Ashima K. Kant, Barry I. Graubard
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Objective: Recent reports suggest persistence of health disparities related to socioeconomic position (SEP). To understand if diet may be a contributor to these trends, we examined secular trends in the association of diet and indicators of SEP from 1971–1975 to 1999–2002.
Design: We used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) I (1971–1975), II (1976–1980), III (1988–1994) and 1999–2002 to examine the independent associations of poverty income ratio (PIR) and education with diet and biomarkers of diet and disease in 25–74-year-olds (n ¼ 36 600). We used logistic and linear regression methods to adjust for multiple covariates …