Differential effects of BMI on diabetes risk among black and white Americans

Diabetes Care

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1828-1835

  Resnick, Helaine E ^a   Valsania, Paola ^b,c   Halter, Jeffrey B ^b   Lin, Xihong ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Center for Health Outcomes and Evaluation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031785068     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.21.11.1828     Document Type: Article

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