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Associations of Neighborhood Crime and Safety and With Changes in Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
American journal of epidemiology, v 186(3), pp 280-288
01 Aug 2017
PMID: 28472256
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Abstract
Using data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), we evaluated associations of neighborhood crime and safety with changes in adiposity (body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference). MESA is a longitudinal study of cardiovascular disease among adults aged 45-84 years at baseline in 2000-2002, from 6 US sites, with follow-up for MESA participants until 2012. Data for this study were limited to Chicago, Illinois, participants in the MESA Neighborhood Ancillary Study, for whom police-recorded crime data were available, and who had complete baseline data (n = 673). We estimated associations of individual-level safety, aggregated neighborhood-level safety, and police-recorded crime with baseline levels and trajectories of BMI and waist circumference over time using linear mixed modeling with random effects. We also estimated how changes in these factors related to changes in BMI and waist circumference using econometric fixed-effects models. At baseline, greater individual-level safety was associated with more adiposity. Increasing individual-and neighborhood-level safety over time were associated with decreasing BMI over the 10-year period, with a more pronounced effect observed in women for individual-level safety and men for neighborhood-level safety. Police-recorded crime was not associated with adiposity. Neighborhood-level safety likely influences adiposity change and subsequent cardiovascular risk in multiethnic populations.
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- Title
- Associations of Neighborhood Crime and Safety and With Changes in Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
- Creators
- Tiffany M. Powell-Wiley - National Institutes of HealthKari Moore - Drexel UniversityNorrina Allen - Northwestern UniversityRichard Block - Loyola University ChicagoKelly R. Evenson - University of North CarolinaMahasin Mujahid - University of California, BerkeleyAna V. Diez Roux - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- American journal of epidemiology, v 186(3), pp 280-288
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- Division of Intramural Research of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) P30ES010126 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) UL1RR025005 / NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) UL1-RR-024156; UL1-RR-025005 / National Center for Research Resources; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) 2R01 HL071759; N01-HC-95159; N01-HC-95169; R01HL071759 / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) 3P60MD002249-05S1 / Environmental Protection Agency; United States Environmental Protection Agency R43HL095169 / NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) P60MD002249 / National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities (NIMHD) P60 MD002249 / National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities (NIMHD)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000406750700004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85029214036
- Other Identifier
- 991019168250704721
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