Patterns of cancer-related health behaviors among middle-aged and older adults: Individual- and area-level socioeconomic disparities
Preventive Medicine Aug 09, 2018
Moss JL, et al. - In this exploratory factor analysis, researchers used data from NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study (initiated in 1995) with 324,522 participants from the US (age 50–71) to investigate clusters of adherence to eight cancer prevention behaviors. They used Poisson regressions to assess links between cluster scores and neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation. They identified four clusters of health behaviors among older adults: movement (adequate physical activity/less TV); Abstinence (never smoked/less alcohol); Weight control (healthy body mass index/high fruits and vegetables); and Other (adequate sleep/receiving cancer screenings). They reported lower scores on clusters in relation to neighborhood deprivation. This suggests that a simultaneous improvement in multiple behaviors may be efficiently achieved by implementing interventions that reduce concentrated deprivation.
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