Racial disparities in the risk of developing obesity-related diseases: A cross-sectional study

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 308-316

  Zhang, Hong ^a   Rodriguez Monguio, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Minority health; Obesity; Obesity co morbidities; Racial disparities; Underserved

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEART INFARCTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK; STATISTICS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866901284     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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