Changes in racial/ethnic disparities in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes by obesity level among US adults

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 439-457

  Zhang, Qi ^a   Wang, Youfa ^b   Huang, Elbert S ^c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Obesity; Racial ethnic disparities; Trends

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIABETES; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETHNICITY; OBESITY; RACIAL DISPARITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; COMPLICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349957967     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850802699155     Document Type: Article

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