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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 20.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Clin Nutr. 2009 Sep 9;64(1):6–15. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2009.101

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Mean values for annual change in body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2) in men (a) and in women (b) by racial group and sub-cohort. Participants from three community-based longitudinal studies, each represents a different age range of US Black and White adults: Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) at ages 29 and 35 years; Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC) at ages 54 and 64 years; Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) at ages 71 and 79 years. Adapted from: Kahn and Cheng (2008).