Ability of ecological deprivation indices to measure social inequalities in a French cohort.
Sofia TemamRaphaëlle VarrasoCarole PornetMargaux SanchezAurélie AffretBénédicte JacqueminFrançoise Clavel-ChapelonGrégoire ReyStéphane RicanNicole Le MoualPublished in: BMC public health (2017)
FDep seemed reliable to capture socioeconomic residential conditions of the E3N women, more educated in average than general French population. Results varied strongly according to the DI with unexpected results for some of them, which suggested the importance to test external validity before studying social disparities in health in specific populations.