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Neighborhood Deprivation Is Associated with Lower Levels of Serum Carotenoids among Adults Participating in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
- Source :
- Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 107:1895-1902
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2007.
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Abstract
- This study tested the hypothesis that neighborhood deprivation will be associated with lower levels of serum carotenoids in comparison with wealthy residential areas.Cross-sectional, nationally representative survey data were used to assess the relationship between neighborhood level socioeconomic status and serum carotenoids.Seventeen thousand two participants aged 17 years and older from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were linked with 1990 census data.Serum levels of lycopene, beta-carotene, alpha-carotene, lutein/zeaxanthin, and beta-cryptoxanthin.Multivariate linear regression was used to model the association of serum carotenoids and neighborhood deprivation, which is a summary index of 11 indicators for tract level socioeconomic status. Adjustments are made for individual level age, sex, years of education, household income, employment, race/ethnicity, body mass index, serum cotinine, alcohol use, physical activity, and serum cholesterol.Multivariate analysis revealed a negative and statistically significant association between high levels of neighborhood deprivation and beta-carotene (beta=-2.98 microg/dL [-0.06 micromol/L], P=0.00), alpha-carotene (beta=-1.28 microg/dL [-0.02 micromol/L], P=0.0001), lutein/zeaxanthin (-1.69 microg/dL [-0.03 micromol/L], P=0.00, beta-cryptoxanthin (beta=-1.34 microg/dL [-0.02 micromol/L], P0.0001), and total carotenoids (beta=-8.20 microg/dL, P=0.0001). Lycopene was not related to neighborhood deprivation. Adjusted mean levels of carotenoids for high deprivation neighborhoods were lower than neighborhoods with low deprivation: beta-carotene=8.72 microg/dL [0.16 micromol/L] vs 20.64 microg/dL [0.38 micromol/L], alpha-carotene=0.44 microg/dL [0.008 micromol/L] vs 5.56 microg/dL [0.10 micromol/L], lutein/zeaxanthin=13.79 microg/dL [0.24 micromol/L] vs 20.55 microg/dL [0.36 micromol/L], beta-cryptoxanthin=4.57 microg/dL [0.08 micromol/L] vs 9.93 microg/dL [0.18 micromol/L], lycopene=22.07 microg/dL [0.41 micromol/L] vs 25.63 microg/dL [0.48 micromol/L], and total=49.56 microg/dL vs 82.36 microg/dL.Neighborhood deprivation was associated with lower serum levels of carotenoids. There was a substantial disparity between low deprivation and high deprivation residential areas with respect to fruit and vegetable intake.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Multivariate analysis
Adolescent
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Cross-sectional study
Nutritional Status
Xanthophylls
Antioxidants
Lycopene
Zeaxanthins
Poverty Areas
Bayesian multivariate linear regression
Vegetables
Humans
Medicine
Socioeconomic status
Carotenoid
Cryptoxanthins
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
chemistry.chemical_classification
Nutrition and Dietetics
business.industry
Public health
Lutein
Middle Aged
Nutrition Surveys
beta Carotene
Carotenoids
United States
Diet
Cross-Sectional Studies
Social Class
Socioeconomic Factors
chemistry
Fruit
Multivariate Analysis
Female
business
Body mass index
Food Science
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00028223
- Volume :
- 107
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the American Dietetic Association
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0324e35f83e732b05cb5325d73c59f6f