Body mass trajectories through adulthood: Results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 cohort (1981-2006)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 240-250

  Østbye, Truls ^a,b   Malhotra, Rahul ^b   Landerman, Lawrence R ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Body mass index; Body mass trajectories; Latent class growth modelling; Longitudinal studies; USA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGE STRUCTURE; BODY MASS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GENDER ROLE; GROWTH MODELING; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SURVEY; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952064610     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq142     Document Type: Article

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