1. Social support modifies the negative effects of acculturation on obesity and central obesity in Mexican men.
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Yoshida, Yilin, Broyles, Stephanie, Scribner, Richard, Chen, Liwei, Phillippi, Stephen, Jackson-Thompson, Jeanette, Simoes, Eduardo J., and Tseng, Tung-Sung
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ACCULTURATION , *BIRTHPLACES , *CHI-squared test , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *EMOTIONS , *ENDOWMENTS , *HISPANIC Americans , *LANGUAGE & languages , *MEN , *OBESITY , *SEX distribution , *T-test (Statistics) , *WOMEN , *MULTIPLE regression analysis , *RESIDENTIAL patterns , *SOCIAL support , *WAIST circumference , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *ODDS ratio - Abstract
Background: This study examined the moderating role of social support in the acculturation-obesity/central obesity relationship in Mexican American (MA) men and women. Methods: Data from NHANES 1999–2008 were used. Acculturation derived from language use, country of birth and length of residence in the U.S. Social support assessed emotional and financial support. BMI (≥30) and waist circumference (≥88 cm for women; ≥102 cm for men) measured obesity and central obesity, respectively. Weighted multivariate logistic regression models were used to describe associations. Results: Compared to less acculturation, more acculturation was associated with higher odds of obesity (ORs 2.48; 95% CI 1.06–5.83) and central obesity (2.90; 1.39–6.08) among MA men with low/no social support, but not among MA men reporting high social support. The modifying effects was not observed among women. Conclusion: Higher amounts of social support appeared to attenuate the risk of obesity/central obesity associated with acculturation. Interventions enhancing social support maybe effective among acculturated MAs, particularly among men. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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