Secular trends in the association between nativity/length of US residence with body mass index and waist circumference among Mexican-Americans, 1988-2008

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 573-581

  Albrecht, Sandra S ^a,d   Diez Roux, Ana V ^a   Aiello, Allison E ^a   Schulz, Amy J ^b   Abraido Lanza, Ana F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Mexican; Obesity; Socioeconomic status; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; HISPANIC; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880917285     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-012-0414-5     Document Type: Article

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