Journal article
Three-Year Measured Weight Change in the African American Health Study
Journal of aging and health, Vol.21(2), pp.231-243
04/01/2009
DOI: 10.1177/0898264308328949
PMCID: PMC4519077
PMID: 19204381
Abstract
Objective: This study examines 3-year weight change in African Americans. Method: Nine hundred and ninety-eight participants 49 to 65 years old were assessed at baseline and 3 years later. Weight was measured, and weight change was defined as clinically meaningful increases or decreases (+/- 5 kg). Potential risk factors were investigated using multinomial logistic regression. Results: In-home measured weights were available for 752 participants (75%): 504 (67%) had stable weights, 131 (17%) gained more than 5 kg, and 117 (16%) lost more than 5 kg. Among all participants, the risks for weight gains were cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lower income, and Medicaid status; the risks for weight losses were angina, cancer, high measured systolic blood pressure, asthma, and physical inactivity. Sex-stratified analyses reveal differences involving age, socioeconomic status, cancer, blood pressure, and lower body function. Discussion: Three-year weight changes in middle-aged African Americans were frequent and significantly associated with several risk factors.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Three-Year Measured Weight Change in the African American Health Study
- Creators
- Fredric D. Wolinsky - University of IowaElena M. Andresen - University of Florida Health Science CenterTheodore K. Malmstrom - Saint Louis UniversityMario Schootman - University of WashingtonJ. Philip Miller - University of WashingtonDouglas K. Miller - Indiana University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of aging and health, Vol.21(2), pp.231-243
- Publisher
- Sage
- DOI
- 10.1177/0898264308328949
- PMID
- 19204381
- PMCID
- PMC4519077
- ISSN
- 0898-2643
- eISSN
- 1552-6887
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grant note
- R01 AG-10436; R01 AG010436 / NIA NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA) R01AG010436 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/2009
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy
- Record Identifier
- 9984364396502771
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