Body mass trajectories through adulthood: results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Cohort (1981-2006) | Zendy

Truls Østbye | Zendy; Rahul Malhotra | Zendy; Lawrence R. Landerman | Zendy

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Body mass trajectories through adulthood: results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Cohort (1981-2006)

Author(s) -

Truls Østbye,

Rahul Malhotra,

Lawrence R. Landerman

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyq142

Subject(s) - body mass index , demography , obesity , overweight , national longitudinal surveys , cohort , national health and nutrition examination survey , longitudinal study , population , young adult , medicine , ethnic group , gerontology , cohort study , pathology , sociology , anthropology , economics , demographic economics

Most studies describing change in body mass through adulthood model an 'average' trajectory bearing the same functional form in the underlying population. Latent-class growth modelling has revealed the presence of several underlying body mass/obesity trajectory groups among children and adolescents, but has not been applied to capture adult body mass trajectories. We apply the technique to identify adult body mass trajectory groups, risk factors for group membership and (time-varying) modifiers of trajectory level within each group, and assess association between group membership and important health outcomes in midlife.

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