Why the study?
Do body mass index and body girths predict all-cause and coronary heart disease mortality in black and white women?
Population
Black and white women in the Charleston Heart Study
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
25 to 28 years
Authors
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Abdomen/midarm ratio was associated with mortality in white but not black women; challenges assumptions on obesity yet leaves open race-specific risk models.
Do body mass index and body girths predict all-cause and coronary heart disease mortality in black and white women?
BMI and fat patterning predict all-cause and coronary heart disease mortality in white women but not in black women, challenging previously held assumptions regarding the role of overweight in the higher mortality experienced by black women.
Jason W. Stevens (1992) studied this question.
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