Changes in body mass index and obesity risk in married couples over 25 years

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 435-443

  Cobb, Laura K ^a,b   McAdams Demarco, Mara A ^a,b   Gudzune, Kimberly A ^a,c   Anderson, Cheryl A M ^b,d   Demerath, Ellen ^e   Woodward, Mark ^a,b,f,g   Selvin, Elizabeth ^a,b   Coresh, Josef ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

change; cohort study; obesity; spouses

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DATA ASSIMILATION; HEALTH RISK; INDEX METHOD; OBESITY; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIAL CHANGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POPULATION; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; MARRIAGE; MARYLAND; MINNESOTA; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH CAROLINA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH CAROLINA; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84960370764     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv112     Document Type: Article

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