A pooled analysis of body mass index and mortality among African Americans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Cohen, Sarah S ^a,b   Park, Yikyung ^c   Signorello, Lisa B ^d   Patel, Alpa V ^e   Boggs, Deborah A ^f   Kolonel, Laurence N ^g   Kitahara, Cari M ^c   Knutsen, Synnove F ^h   Gillers, Elizabeth ^c   Monroe, Kristine R ⁱ   De Gonzalez, Amy Berrington ^c   Bethea, Traci N ^f   Black, Ama ^c   Fraser, Gary ^h   Gapstur, Susan ^e   Hartge, Patricia ^c   Matthews, Charles E ^c   Park, Song Yi ^g   Purdue, Mark P ^c   Singh, Pramil ^h   Harvey, Chinonye ^c   Blot, William J ^a,j   Palmer, Julie R ^f   more..

^a INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EpidStat Institute   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLE SIZE; WEIGHT GAIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912088493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111980     Document Type: Article

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