Body mass index of healthy men compared with healthy women in the United States

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 374-379

  Flegal, K M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Health; NHANES; Overweight

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32544434569     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803117     Document Type: Article

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