Differences in weight gain in relation to race, gender, age and education in young adults: The CARDIA study

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 327-335

  Burke, Gregory L ^a   Bild, Diane E ^b   Hilner, Joan E ^c   Folsom, Aaron R ^d   Wagenknecht, Lynne E ^a   Sidney, Stephen ^e  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; SEX RATIO; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALABAMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; CHICAGO; CORONARY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MINNESOTA; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030326387     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1996.9961802     Document Type: Article

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