The relation of gender, race and socioeconomic status to obesity and obesity comorbidities in a sample of US adults

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1205-1210

  Paeratakul, S ^a   Lovejoy, J C ^a   Ryan, D H ^a   Bray, G A ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity; Race; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; SEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036732485     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802026     Document Type: Article

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