Development of general and central obesity from childhood into early adulthood in African American and European American males and females with a family history of cardiovascular disease

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 661-668

  Dekkers, J Caroline ^a,b   Podolsky, Robert H ^a   Treiber, Frank A ^a   Barbeau, Paule ^a   Gutin, Bernard ^a   Snieder, Harold ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Growth curve modeling; Race; Sex; Sum of skinfold thicknesses; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARENT; PATHOGENESIS; RACE; SCAPULA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL STATUS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; GROWTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2142768181     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/79.4.661     Document Type: Article

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