Relationship between adiposity and admixture in African-American and Hispanic-American women

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 304-313

  Nassir, R ^a,b   Qi, L ^b   Kosoy, R ^a,b   Garcia, L ^b   Allison, M ^c   Ochs Balcom, H M ^d   Tylavsky, F ^e   Manson, J E ^f   Shigeta, R ^a,b   Robbins, J ^b   Seldin, M F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

African admixture; Amerindian admixture; body mass index; European admixture; post menopausal women; waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; OBESITY; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; UNITED STATES; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84857060384     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.84     Document Type: Article

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