title: Neighborhood deprivation and health risk behaviors in NHANES III.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine whether neighborhood-level socioeconomic status is an independent risk factor for health risk behaviors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were linked with census tracts from the 1990 US Census. Outcome variables included biomarkers for smoking and high dietary fat intake, and self-reported excessive alcohol consumption and physical inactivity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Multivariate logistic regression showed an association between high levels of neighborhood deprivation and increased odds of health risk behaviors independent of sociodemographic factors, BMI, and comorbidities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Living in highly deprived neighborhoods is associated with risky health behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699, USA. jstimpso@hsc.unt.edu
authors.forename: Jim P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Stimpson
authors.forename: Hyunsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: Mukaila A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Raji
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eschbach
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D011204:Poverty Areas; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012309:Risk-Taking; D014481:United States