Body mass index at age 25 and all-cause mortality in whites and African Americans: The atherosclerosis risk in communities study

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 221-227

  Stevens, June ^a,b   Truesdale, Kimberly P ^a   Wang, Chin Hua ^a   Cai, Jianwen ^b   Erber, Eva ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; BMI; Mortality; Risk difference; Risk ratio; White Americans; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SMOKING;

EID: 84857062546     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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