Longitudinal analysis of changes in indices of obesity from age 8 years to age 18 years. Project heartbeat!

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 156, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 720-729

  Dai, Shifan ^a   Labarthe, Darwin R ^a   Grunbaum, Jo Anne ^a   Harrist, Ronald B ^b   Mueller, William H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body mass index; Child; Growth; Longitudinal studies; Obesity

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PUBERTY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037108313     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwf109     Document Type: Article

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