The association between socioeconomic status and overweight/obesity in a malay population in Singapore

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 487-496

  Shankar, Anoop ^b   Sabanayagam, Charumathi ^a   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,d   Tai, E Shyong ^e   Wong, Tien Yin ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^e SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Education; Gender; Income; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 70349909840     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539509343957     Document Type: Article

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