Associations between the built environment and body mass index in the Mexican American Mano A Mano Cohort.
Built environment
Mexican American
Population-based study
Journal
The Science of the total environment
ISSN: 1879-1026
Titre abrégé: Sci Total Environ
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0330500
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Mar 2019
01 Mar 2019
Historique:
received:
24
08
2018
revised:
04
11
2018
accepted:
08
11
2018
pubmed:
18
11
2018
medline:
14
3
2019
entrez:
18
11
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Obesity is highly prevalent in Mexican American adults. Studies on the role of the built environment in relation to obesity among this population are scarce. To investigate cross-sectional associations between multiple components of the built environment, and Body Mass Index (BMI) as well as obesity status among Mexican American adults enrolled in the Mano a Mano Cohort (MAC) study in Houston, Texas. We calculated BMI from measured height and weight among 9534 Mexican American adults (aged 20-60) who participated in the baseline survey during 2008-2013. Several metrics of exposure to the built environment (physical activity environment, land use, and food environment) were generated using Geographic Information System and Google Maps based on participants' residential address. Generalized linear regression and logistic regression models were used to estimate associations between exposure to the built environment, a continuous BMI variable and categorical BMI variables (<30, ≥30 and ≥35), respectively. Among all built environment exposure variables investigated, road density (total road length per km Living in areas with high density of roads exhibited significant associations with increased BMI, in particular BMI ≥ 35, among enrolled Mexican American adults in the MAC study.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Obesity is highly prevalent in Mexican American adults. Studies on the role of the built environment in relation to obesity among this population are scarce.
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVE
To investigate cross-sectional associations between multiple components of the built environment, and Body Mass Index (BMI) as well as obesity status among Mexican American adults enrolled in the Mano a Mano Cohort (MAC) study in Houston, Texas.
METHODS
METHODS
We calculated BMI from measured height and weight among 9534 Mexican American adults (aged 20-60) who participated in the baseline survey during 2008-2013. Several metrics of exposure to the built environment (physical activity environment, land use, and food environment) were generated using Geographic Information System and Google Maps based on participants' residential address. Generalized linear regression and logistic regression models were used to estimate associations between exposure to the built environment, a continuous BMI variable and categorical BMI variables (<30, ≥30 and ≥35), respectively.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Among all built environment exposure variables investigated, road density (total road length per km
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Living in areas with high density of roads exhibited significant associations with increased BMI, in particular BMI ≥ 35, among enrolled Mexican American adults in the MAC study.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30447584
pii: S0048-9697(18)34477-2
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.122
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
456-462Subventions
Organisme : NIOSH CDC HHS
ID : T42 OH008421
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
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