Significant sociodemographic disparities exist in the prevalence of obesity among adolescent girls, and in girls' participation in physical activity, sedentary activity, and healthful dietary intake. However, little is known of how factors in the family environment associated with weight and behavior vary by sociodemographic groups. We examined differences and similarities in the weight-related...

Executive functions (EFs) regulate human behavior and allow individuals to interact and act in the world. EFs are sensitive to sociodemographic variables such as age, which promotes their decline, and to others that can exert a neuroprotective effect. Objective To assess the predictive role of education, occupation and family income on decline in executive functions among a sample with a wide...

OBJECTIVE To examine the influence of patient-level sociodemographic factors on the incidence of hospital readmission within 30 days among medical patients in a large Canadian metropolitan city. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Patients admitted to the General Internal Medicine service of an urban teaching hospital in Toronto, Canada participated in a survey of soci...

Background: Variations in the human oral microbiome are implicated in a range of conditions including diabetes and systemic inflammation, and may potentially mediate health inequalities in these conditions. Existing studies of the oral microbiome are based on samples with minimal sociodemographic diversity, limiting knowledge of underlying population variation and ultimately how differences in ...