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01-10-2009 | Original Paper

Psychosocial Correlates of Overweight or Obese Status in Latino Adults with Coronary Artery Disease

Authors: C. Boutin-Foster, A. Rodriguez

Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | Issue 5/2009

Abstract

This study evaluated the psychosocial correlates of being overweight or obese among US born and immigrant Latino adults. Depressive symptoms were measured with the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D10). Of the 177 participants, 64% were either overweight or obese, of which, 51% also had comorbid depressive symptoms. On bivariate analyses, these participants were younger (OR = 2.4, 95% CI = 1.5–5.2), female (OR = 2.5, 95% CI = 1.3–4.6), US born (OR = 6, 95% CI = 1.3–9.0), more likely to have lived in the US 15 or more years (OR = 2.6, 95% CI 1.3–5.1), reported fair or poor health, (OR = 3.8, 95% CI = 1.8–8.0), and were more likely to perceive greater stress (OR = 7.8, 95% CI = 3.4–18.0). On multivariate analysis, only perceived stress remained significant (OR = 6.5, 95% CI = 2.7–15.6). This suggests that interventions designed to reduce the epidemic of overweight and obesity in Latino adults may also need to address their psychosocial health.

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Title: Psychosocial Correlates of Overweight or Obese Status in Latino Adults with Coronary Artery Disease
Authors: C. Boutin-Foster
A. Rodriguez
Publication date: 01-10-2009
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health / Issue 5/2009
Print ISSN: 1557-1912
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1920
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-008-9167-x

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