Multimorbidity Accumulation Among Middle-Aged Americans: Differences by Race/ethnicity and Body-Mass Index.

Authors

Anda Botoseneanu, University of MichiganFollow
Sheila Markwardt, Oregon Health & Science University
Corey L. Nagel, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Heather G. Allore, School of Medicine, New HavenFollow
Jason T. Newsom, Portlad State UniversityFollow
David A. Dorr, Oregon Health & Science University
Ana R. Quiñones, Oregon Health & Science University

Published In

The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-21-2021

Subjects

Comorbidity, Chronic diseases -- Etiology

Abstract

Obesity and multimorbidity are more prevalent among U.S. racial/ethnic minority groups. Evaluating racial/ethnic disparities in disease accumulation according to body-mass index (BMI) may guide interventions to reduce multimorbidity burden in vulnerable racial/ethnic groups.

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Locate the Document

https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glab116

DOI

10.1093/gerona/glab116

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/35347

Citation Details

Botoseneanu, A., Markwardt, S., Nagel, C. L., Allore, H. G., Newsom, J. T., Dorr, D. A., & Quiñones, A. R. (2021). Multimorbidity Accumulation among Middle-Aged Americans: Differences by Race/Ethnicity and Body-Mass Index. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, glab116. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glab116