Race, education, and weight change in a biracial sample of women at midlife

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 545-551

  Lewis, Tené T ^a   Everson Rose, Susan A ^a,b   Sternfeld, Barbara ^c   Karavolos, Kelly ^a   Wesley, Deidre ^a   Powell, Lynda H ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14844295062     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.5.545     Document Type: Article

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