The effect of stability and change in health behaviors on trajectories of body mass index in older Americans: A 14-year longitudinal study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 67 A, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1075-1084

  Botoseneanu, Anda ^a   Liang, Jersey ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Health Management and Policy ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behaviors; Longitudinal analysis; Multilevel models; Trajectory of BMI

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866113746     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls073     Document Type: Article

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