Titre : | Impact of Body Mass Index on Incident Hypertension and Diabetes in Chinese Asians, American Whites, and American Blacks : The People's Republic of China Study and the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. (2008) |
Auteurs : | STEVENS (June) : USA. Department of Epidemiology. School of Public Health. University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill. NC. ; JIANWEN CAI (.) : USA. Department of Biostatistics. School of Public Health. University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill. NC. ; Eva-G KATZ ; Kimberly-P TRUESDALE ; Department of Nutrition. School of Public Health. University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill. NC. USA |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of epidemiology (vol. 167, n° 11, 2008) |
Pagination : | 1365-1374 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Hypertension artérielle ; Incidence ; Diabète ; Artériosclérose ; Ethnie ; Chine ; Epidémiologie ; Homme ; Asie ; Amérique ; Glande endocrine [pathologie] ; Amérique du Nord |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS r8sER0x8. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Researchers have hypothesized that the impact of body mass index on chronic disease may be greater in Asians than in Whites ; however, most studies are cross-sectional and have no White comparison group. The authors compared the associations with body mass index in Chinese Asians (n=5,980), American Whites (n=10,776), and American Blacks (n=3,582) using prospective data from the People's Republic of China Study (1983-1994) and the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (1987-1998). Slopes of risk differences over body mass index levels were compared among the three ethnic groups in adjusted analyses. The authors found larger associations with body mass index in Chinese Asians compared with American Whites and Blacks for hypertension (p |