Open AccessGene–obesogenic environment interactions on body mass indices for older black and white men and women from the Health and Retirement Study
Author(s) -
Mika D Thompson,
Catherine M. Pirkle,
Fadi Youkhana,
Yan Yan Wu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.663
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1476-5497
pISSN - 0307-0565
DOI - 10.1038/s41366-020-0589-4
Subject(s) - body mass index , demography , medicine , percentile , socioeconomic status , population , gerontology , obesity , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , sociology
Gene-obesogenic environment interactions influence body mass index (BMI) across the life course; however, limited research examines how these interactions may differ by race and sex.