Intergenerational 'mismatch' and adiposity in a developing population: The Guangzhou biobank cohort study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 834-843

  Kavikondala, Sushma ^a   Jiang, Chao Qiang ^b   Zhang, Wei Sen ^b   Cheng, Kar Keung ^c   Lam, Tai Hing ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Schooling, C Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Guangzhou Number 12 Hospital   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adiposity; China; Developing populations; Intergenerational effects; Maternal conditions; Mismatch; Sex; Socio economic status (SES)

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LIFESTYLE; MATERNAL HEALTH; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HIP; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROGENY; READING; WAIST HIP RATIO; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

ADIPOSITY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 77950344187     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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