Educational inequalities in trajectories of co-occurring behavioral health risk factors over four years: a latent class growth analysis
This study demonstrates heterogeneity in BRF trajectories and their relation to education. Although higher-educated persons were more likely in classes with fewer BRFs and favorable BRF changes, alcohol consumption remained a common BRF in several of these trajectories. Trajectories of multiple co-occurring BRFs, particularly those involving tobacco smoking and unfavorable BRF changes, seem to disproportionately affect lower-educated persons.
Authors
- Sophie Baumann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7697-4923)
- Diana Guertler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2533-5347)
- Andreas Staudt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9905-1999)
- Henriette Markwart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1775-6053)
- Jennis Freyer‐Adam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4827-8760)
- Maria Zeiser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3684-0664)
- Ulrich John (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0587-5298)
- Anne Moehring
Institutions
- Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (DE)
- Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-10-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24663-3
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00