Ethnic disparities in the association of body mass index with the risk of hypertension and diabetes

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 437-445

  Wong, Robert J ^a   Chou, Christina ^a   Sinha, Sidhartha R ^a   Kamal, Ahmad ^a,b   Ahmed, Aijaz ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asians; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900868106     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-013-9792-8     Document Type: Article

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