Race/ethnicity differences in the relationship between obesity and gait speed among older Americans

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 372-385

  Xu, Beibei ^a   Houston, Denise K ^b   Gropper, Sareen S ^a   Zizza, Claire A ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Gait speed; NHANES; Older adults; Physical function; Race=ethnicity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GAIT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GAIT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77951653235     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639360903393515     Document Type: Article

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