Perceived Social Support and Abdominal Fat Distribution in Adolescents and Young Adults: a Structural Equation Analysis of Prospective Data

Ravaja, Niklas; Keltikangas‐Järvinen, Liisa; Viikari, Jorma

doi:10.1006/appe.1997.0149

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“…395 Our results confirm previous findings of associations between poor social support and hypertension [13,43] and a high waist: hip ratio for women [16,17]. We further found associations between poor social support and haernosratic factors.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Authors of a recent prospective study of young adults found changes in social support to be inversely associated with changes in waist: hip ratio, although this was less evident for young women than it was for men [17]. These findings are particularly important, for abdominal obesity is often considered the most prominent component of the metabolic syndrome [18].…”

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Social Relations and the Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged Swedish Women

Horsten

Mittleman

Wamala

et al. 1999

European Journal of Cardiovascular Risk

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Background Both social isolation and the metabolic syndrome are independently associated with greater than normal cardiovascular risk.Design A population-based cross-sectional study of middle-aged Swedish women.Methods The study group consisted of 300 healthy women (aged 31-65 years) who were representative of women living in the greater Stockholm area. Social isolation was measured by using a condensed version of the Interpersonal Support Evaluation List. Health behaviours were assessed and a full serum-lipid-level and haemostatic profile was obtained by standardized methods. The metabolic syndrome was defined as the presence of two or more of these components: fasting serum level of glucose~7.0mmol/I, arterial blood pressurẽ 160/90 mmHg, fasting serum level of triglycerides~1.7 mmol/I or high-density lipoprotein < 1.0 mmol/I, or both, and central obesity (waist: hip ratio> 0.85 or body mass index > 30 kg/m 2 , or both).Results After adjustment for age, menopausal status, educational level, smoking, exercise habits and consumption of alcohol, the risk ratio for the metabolic syndrome for women in the lower compared with women in the upper social-support quartile was 3.5 (95% confidence interval 1.1-11.4), whereas that of women in the two middle quartiles was 2.2 (95% confidence interval 0.67-7.2; P for trend 0.02).Conclusions Social isolation was associated with the metabolic syndrome for these middle-aged women. The findings suggest that the metabolic syndrome and its components may be mediators of the reported association between social isolation and cardiovascular disease. J Cardiovasc Risk 6:391-397

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Social Relations and the Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged Swedish Women

Horsten

Mittleman

Wamala

et al. 1999

European Journal of Cardiovascular Risk

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“…These results are consistent with the adult literature on central adiposity reporting an influence of social relationships and negative emotional traits (i.e. Wing et al, 1991; Raikkonen et al, 1999 a, b) and with the few studies on adolescents (Mueller et al, 1998; Ravaja et al, 1998). This study also showed that adolescents with greater anxious attachment and overall hostility had greater subsequent PWV.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…Another study showed that low levels of social support predicted WC over 5 years when controlling for baseline WC (Raikkonen, Matthews, & Kuller, 1999a). A study that included adolescents (Ravaja, Keltikangas-Jarvinen, & Viikari, 1998) reported that adolescent and young adult males who had declines in social support across 3 years had increases in WHR, adjusted for BMI. This relationship was independent of depression and hostility.…”

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Social relationships and negative emotional traits are associated with central adiposity and arterial stiffness in healthy adolescents.

Midei¹,

Matthews²

2009

Health Psychology

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Objective We examined the role of social relationships and negative emotional traits in the development of central adiposity and arterial stiffness in healthy adolescents. Design A prospective, longitudinal study examined 213 black and white adolescents (50% black, 51% female); 160 returned for a second assessment approximately 3 years later. Main Outcome Measures Psychosocial variables at both assessments were measured with the Measurement of Attachment Qualities, Social Relationships Index (study entry only), Spielberger Trait Anger and Anxiety, and the Cook-Medley Hostility Scale. Central adiposity was assessed by waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) at both assessments and arterial stiffness by pulse wave velocity (PWV) at the second assessment only. Results Linear regression models controlled for demographic variables and body mass index showed that adolescents with less Supportive Relationships (β = −.121, p = .05) and higher Trait Anger (β = .117, p = .05) had increased WHR over time, adjusted for initial WHR. Those with higher Attachment Anxiety (β = .211, p = .01) and Total Hostility (β = .234, p < .01) had greater PWV. Psychosocial associations for PWV were more apparent among blacks. Conclusion Psychosocial variables may be important in the development of central adiposity and arterial stiffness in adolescence.

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“…23 Raw data, adjusted for the effects of age, pubertal status, and parental education attainment, were used to create the input data matrix for all models. 43 In our data, approximately 0.5-1.61% of subjects were missing at least one measure. The distribution of some observed variables were slightly nonnormal (eg relative BMI, kurtosis of 3.46 and skewness of 1.35).…”

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Effects of perceived peer isolation and social support availability on the relationship between body mass index and depressive symptoms

Xie

Spruijt‐Metz

et al. 2005

Int J Obes

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OBJECTIVE:To examine relationships between body mass index (BMI) and psychological correlates in Chinese school adolescents during the period of economic transition. DESIGN: Baseline data of 1655 Chinese adolescents aged 11-15 y were retrieved from a longitudinal smoking cessation and health promotion program in Wuhan, China. Assessments of body weight and height, depressive symptoms, perceived peer isolation (PPI) and perceived availability of social support (PASS) were collected. RESULTS: Based on the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) age-and sex-specific BMI cutoffs, 12.5% of boys and 9.2% of girls were overweight. In girls, high BMI was significantly related to higher self-reported depressive symptoms, and was dominantly mediated by PPI. On the contrary, high BMI boys reported significantly lower levels of PPI although high PPI level aggravated depressive symptoms. For both girls and boys, the observed effect of PPI on the relationship between BMI and depressive symptoms was sustained only in low PASS boys and girls. CONCLUSIONS: The present study revealed different effects of PPI on the association of BMI and depressive symptoms between boys and girls, which were buffered by levels of PASS. The findings of this study may contribute to our understanding of the influences of psychological correlates in pediatric overweight in the Eastern cultural environment.

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Perceived Social Support and Abdominal Fat Distribution in Adolescents and Young Adults: a Structural Equation Analysis of Prospective Data

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Social Relations and the Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged Swedish Women

Social Relations and the Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged Swedish Women

Social relationships and negative emotional traits are associated with central adiposity and arterial stiffness in healthy adolescents.

Effects of perceived peer isolation and social support availability on the relationship between body mass index and depressive symptoms

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