Association of Childhood Economic Hardship with Adult Height and Adult Adiposity among Hispanics/Latinos. The HCHS/SOL Socio-Cultural Ancillary Study.

The study examined the association of childhood and current economic hardship with anthropometric indices in Hispanic/Latino adults, using data from the HCHS/SOL Socio-cultural ancillary study (N = 5,084), a community-based study of Hispanic/Latinos living in four urban areas (Bronx, NY, Chicago, IL...

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Main Authors: Carmen R Isasi, Molly Jung, Christina M Parrinello, Robert C Kaplan, Ryung Kim, Noe C Crespo, Patricia Gonzalez, Natalia A Gouskova, Frank J Penedo, Krista M Perreira, Tatiana Perrino, Daniela Sotres-Alvarez, Linda Van Horn, Linda C Gallo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4769180?pdf=render