Contribution of socioeconomic factors to the variation in body-mass index in 58 low-income and middle-income countries: an econometric analysis of multilevel data
Summary: Background: Most epidemiological studies have not simultaneously quantified variance in health within and between populations. We aimed to estimate the extent to which basic socioeconomic factors contribute to variation in body-mass index (BMI) across different populations. Methods: We pool...
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Main Authors: | Rockli Kim, ScD (Author), Ichiro Kawachi, PhD (Author), Brent A Coull, PhD (Author), S V Subramanian, PhD (Author) |
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2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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