Interactions between race/ethnicity and anthropometry in risk of incident diabetes

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-204

  Lutsey, Pamela L ^a   Pereira, Mark A ^a   Bertoni, Alain G ^b   Kandula, Namratha R ^c   Jacobs Jr , David R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Asian continental ancestry group; body mass index; diabetes mellitus; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; BODY MASS; DIABETES; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; POISSON RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSITY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954985610     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq100     Document Type: Article

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