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In addition, we described anxiety and depressive symptoms, BMI and waist-to-hip ratio, and quality of life in individuals living in moderate social vulnerability.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This is a cross-sectional study. In a socially vulnerable cohort, interviews captured demographics, comorbidities, medications, anxiety and depressive symptoms, and quality of life, followed by measurement of anthropometric characteristics.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among 299 socially vulnerable adults, 8% had moderate\u2013severe depressive symptoms and 7% had moderate\u2013severe anxiety symptoms; ~50% showed increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases (i.e., waist-to-hip ratio greater or equal to 0.90 for men and 0.85 for women, respectively). Poor quality of life affected 4\u201312% across domains. Mental health, anthropometrics (waist-to-hip ratio, BMI), increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases and quality of life in physical, social and environmental domains did not differ by socioeconomic status (B, C, DE; all P&amp;gt;0.05). Poor psychological quality of life was more frequent among participants in higher socioeconomic status (B: 8%; C: 6%; DE: 4%, P\u00a0=\u00a00.0157). Linear regression analyses showed no statistically significant differences across socioeconomic status in depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, BMI, waist-to-hip ratio, or quality of life scores in any domain (all P&amp;gt;0.05).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our findings suggest that, among Brazilian adults living in moderate social vulnerability and classified within socioeconomic status B, C, and DE, mental health, BMI, waist-to-hip ratio, and quality-of-life indicators were similar across socioeconomic strata. 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