Longitudinal age-and cohort trends in body mass index in Sweden - a 24-year follow-up study

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KARADAĞ ÇAMAN Ö., Calling S., Midlov P., Sundquist J., Sundquist K., Johansson S.

BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, cilt.13, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-893
  • Dergi Adı: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: The aim of this longitudinal study was to analyze whether mean Body Mass Index (BMI), assessed at four occasions, changed within different age groups and birth cohorts over time, i.e., between 1980/81 and 2004/05, after adjustment for possible confounders.