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

KARADAĞ ÇAMAN, ÖZGE; Calling, Susanna; Midlov, Patrik; Sundquist, Jan; Sundquist, Kristina; Johansson, Sven-Erik

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-893

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

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

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

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
Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
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.