Total and central obesity among elderly Hispanics and the association with type 2 diabetes

Obesity Research

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 443-451

  Bermudez, Odilia I ^a,b   Tucker, Katherine L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Dominicans; Elderly; Hispanic; Puerto Ricans; Type 2 diabetes; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

PIERINAE; PLATYLOPHUS TRIFOLIATUS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0035430604     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2001.58     Document Type: Article

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