Impact of body mass index on incident hypertension and diabetes in Chinese Asians, American Whites, and American Blacks: The People's Republic of China study and the atherosclerosis risk in communities study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 167, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1365-1374

  Stevens, June ^a,b   Truesdale, Kimberly P ^a   Katz, Eva G ^a   Cai, Jianwen ^b  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian continental ancestry group; Body mass index; Diabetes mellitus; Ethnic groups; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES; DISEASE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CHINESE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 44449115716     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn060     Document Type: Article

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