Racial differences in central adiposity in a longitudinal cohort of black and white adolescent females

• Main Authors: Daniels Stephen R (Author), Dallal Gerard E (Author), Lichtenstein Alice H (Author), Tybor David J (Author), Must Aviva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Central adiposity is related to chronic disease risk in adolescents. Racial differences in waist circumference have been identified using cross-sectional data from this age group. We tested for racial differences in age-related growt...