Bann, D;
Cooper, R;
Wills, AK;
Adams, J;
Kuh, D;
on behalf of the NSHD scientific and data collection team;
(2014)
Socioeconomic position across life and body composition in early old age: findings from a British birth cohort study.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
, 68
(6)
pp. 516-523.
10.1136/jech-2013-203373.
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Abstract
Previous studies have reported associations between lower lifetime socioeconomic position (SEP) and higher body mass index in adulthood, but few have examined associations with direct measures of fat and lean mass which are likely to have independent roles in health and physical functioning.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Socioeconomic position across life and body composition in early old age: findings from a British birth cohort study |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1136/jech-2013-203373 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2013-203373 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 3.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ |
| Keywords: | body composition, body fat distribution, muscle mass, obesity, socioeconomic factors |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1420220 |
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