What is a cohort effect? Comparison of three statistical methods for modeling cohort effects in obesity prevalence in the United States, 1971-2006

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1100-1108

  Keyes, Katherine M ^a   Utz, Rebecca L ^b   Robinson, Whitney ^c   Li, Guohua ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Age period cohort; Cohort effect; Holford method; Median polish; Obesity NHANES; USA

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MODELING; OBESITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PERIODICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT EFFECT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951245008     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.12.018     Document Type: Article

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