The Relationship of Socioeconomic Status with Body Mass Index Depends on the Socioeconomic Measure Used.
Ana Basto AbreuTonatiuh Barrientos-GutiérrezRodrigo Zepeda-TelloVanessa CamachoDavid Gimeno Ruiz de PorrasMauricio Hernández-ÁvilaPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2017)
The association between SES indicators and BMI is complex. Differences by sex need to be explicitly recognized when modeling this association. Approaches that rely on a single indicator could be confounded by other SES indicators. Adjusted models show the specific SES attributes that may influence BMI.