Frequency of Attendance at Religious Services, Overweight, and Obesity in American Women and Men: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 655-660

  Gillum, R Frank ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Body Weight; Epidemiologic Methods; Hispanics; Obesity; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RISK; SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; OBESITY; PERIODICITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746898152     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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