Impact of stressful life events on central adiposity in the Pelotas Birth Cohort

• Main Authors: Pamela J Surkan (Author), Kwame S Sakyi (Author), Alice Hu (Author), Maria T Olinto (Author), Helen Gonçalves (Author), Bernardo L Horta (Author), Denise P Gigante (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To investigate how stressful life events and social support relate to central adiposity in Southern Brazil. METHODS: Data included information from 802 participants in the 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohort that was collect in 2004-2005 and 2006. Stratifying by sex, we studied self-report...