Is race associated with weight change in US adults after adjustment for income, education, and marital factors?
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- 1 June 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Vol. 53 (6) , 1566S-1570S
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/53.6.1566s
Abstract
We examined the 10-y change in body mass index (BMI, in kg/m2) of black and white adults who entered the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiologic Followup Study at ages 25–44 y. In women the mean change in BMI was greater for blacks than for whites despite multiple adjustments. However, the risk of major weight gain (MWG; BMI change ≥ +5) was nearly identical in black and white women. Womens' MWG was independently associated with low income [odds ratio (OR) = 1.7] and with becoming married (OR = 1.8). The risk of major weight loss (MWL; BMI change ≤ −2.5) was lower in black women than in white women (OR = 0.6). In men mean BMI change, MWG (BMI change ≥ +4) and MWL (BMI change ≥ −2) were not associated with race, but there were effects associated with low income, low education, and marital changes. Black race does not increase the risk of weight gain; in women it may be associated with a reduced likelihood of weight loss.Keywords
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