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"Jaddoe VWV" Authored Publications:

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1 Household income and maternal education in early childhood and risk of overweight and obesity in late childhood: Findings from seven birth cohort studies in six high-income countries White PA; Awad YA; Gauvin L; Spencer NJ; McGrath JJ; Clifford SA; Nikiema B; Yang-Huang J; Goldhaber-Fiebert JD; Markham W; Mensah FK; van Grieken A; Raat H; Jaddoe VWV; Ludvigsson J; Faresjö T; 35821522
PERFORM
2 Income inequality and social gradients in children's height: a comparison of cohort studies from five high-income countries. Bird PK, Pickett KE, Graham H, Faresjö T, Jaddoe VWV, Ludvigsson J, Raat H, Seguin L, Wijtzes AI, McGrath JJ 31909223
PSYCHOLOGY

 

Title:Income inequality and social gradients in children's height: a comparison of cohort studies from five high-income countries.
Authors:Bird PK,  Pickett KE,  Graham H,  Faresjö T,  Jaddoe VWV,  Ludvigsson J,  Raat H,  Seguin L,  Wijtzes AI,  McGrath JJ
Link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31909223?dopt=Abstract
DOI:10.1136/bmjpo-2019-000568
Publication:BMJ paediatrics open
Keywords:epidemiology;  growth; 
PMID:31909223 Category:BMJ Paediatr Open Date Added:2020-01-08
Dept Affiliation: PSYCHOLOGY
1 Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, North Yorkshire, UK.
2 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
3 Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
4 Generation R Study Group, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
5 Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
6 Division of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
7 Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
8 Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
9 Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, Québec, Canada.

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Income inequality and social gradients in children's height: a comparison of cohort studies from five high-income countries.

BMJ Paediatr Open. 2019;3(1):e000568

Authors: Bird PK, Pickett KE, Graham H, Faresjö T, Jaddoe VWV, Ludvigsson J, Raat H, Seguin L, Wijtzes AI, McGrath JJ

Abstract

Background: Health and well-being are better, on average, in countries that are more equal, but less is known about how this benefit is distributed across society. Height is a widely used, objective indicator of child health and predictor of lifelong well-being. We compared the level and slope of social gradients in children's height in high-income countries with different levels of income inequality, in order to investigate whether children growing up in all socioeconomic circumstances are healthier in more equal countries.

Methods: We conducted a coordinated analysis of data from five cohort studies from countries selected to represent different levels of income inequality (the USA, UK, Australia, the Netherlands and Sweden). We used standardised methods to compare social gradients in children's height at age 4-6 years, by parent education status and household income. We used linear regression models and predicted height for children with the same age, sex and socioeconomic circumstances in each cohort.

Results: The total analytic sample was 37?063 children aged 4-6 years. Gradients by parent education and household income varied between cohorts and outcomes. After adjusting for differences in age and sex, children in more equal countries (Sweden, the Netherlands) were taller at all levels of parent education and household income than children in less equal countries (USA, UK and Australia), with the greatest between-country differences among children with less educated parents and lowest household incomes.

Conclusions: The study provides preliminary evidence that children across society do better in more equal countries, with greatest benefit among children from the most disadvantaged socioeconomic groups.

PMID: 31909223 [PubMed]




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