Unconditional quantile regressions to determine the social gradient of obesity in Spain 1993-2014.
Alejandro Rodríguez-CaroLaura Vallejo-TorresBeatriz Lopez-ValcarcelPublished in: International journal for equity in health (2016)
The findings of this study emphasise the heterogeneous nature of the relationship between social factors and obesity across the BMI distribution as a whole. Quantile regression methods might provide a more suitable framework for exploring the complex socioeconomic gradient of obesity.