Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Jackson CL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3844096 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jackson Chandra L CL Wang Nae-Yuh NY Yeh Hsin-Chieh HC Szklo Moyses M Dray-Spira Rosemary R Brancati Frederick L FL
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 20140211 3
<h4>Objective</h4>To compare body-mass index (BMI)-related mortality risk in U.S. Blacks vs. Whites as the relationship appears to differ across race/ethnicity groups.<h4>Methods</h4>Cross-sectional surveys of nationally representative samples of 11,934 Blacks and 59,741 Whites aged 35-75 in the National Health Interview Survey from 1997 to 2002 with no history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) or cancer were pooled. Mortality follow-up was available through 2006. BMI was calculated from self-repo ...[more]