Body mass index (BMI) trajectories in infancy differ by population ancestry and may presage disparities in early childhood obesity

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1551-1560

  Roy, Sani M ^a   Chesi, Alessandra ^b   Mentch, Frank ^b   Xiao, Rui ^b   Chiavacci, Rosetta ^a   Mitchell, Jonathan A ^b   Kelly, Andrea ^a,b   Hakonarson, Hakon ^b   Grant, Struan F A ^a,b   Zemel, Babette S ^a,b   McCormack, Shana E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ETHNOLOGY; OBESITY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927621813     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2014-4028     Document Type: Article

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