Obesity, diet and functional health in African-Americans

非裔美国人的肥胖、饮食和功能健康

基本信息

批准号：
6738024
负责人：
JUNE STEVENS
金额：
$ 3.45万
依托单位：
UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2003
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2003-05-01 至 2006-04-30
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The African American elderly population will more than triple by the year 2050. Current evidence indicates that declines in functional health are more common in this group than in Americans in general, yet little is known about modifiable risk factors that could reduce the observed declines in functional health. The purpose of this research is to determine associations of functional health with body weight, fat distribution, diet quality and alcohol consumption in African American men and women. Associations between functional health and the exposures of interest will be examined cross-sectionally, prospectively, and as a function of mean annual changes. Data for this study will come from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohort. Information on functional health is available from 1,616 African American women and 877 African American men ages 54-73 years who participated in the visit 4 examination (1996-1998). Functional health will be assessed using lower extremity function, activities of daily living (ADLs), and instrumental activities of daily living (ADLs). Other data available include: a total of 4 measures of weight, height, waist and hip circumference, and alcohol consumption collected at 3 year intervals over 9 years prior to visit 4 and at visit 4; reported weight at age 25; and a 66-item food frequency questionnaire administered at visit I (9 years prior to the outcome measures). This proposal is directly responsive to PA-01-082 to "... suport researchers interested in undertaking secondary data analyses of data related to ... behavioral research on aging" and "... epidemiological research on the aging process and on the determinants of health and mortality in older populations .... "

描述（由申请人提供）：到2050年，非裔美国人老年人口将超过三倍。当前的证据表明，在该组中，功能健康的下降比一般的美国人更为普遍，但对可修改的风险因素的了解知之甚少，这些风险因素可能会减少观察到的功能健康下降。这项研究的目的是确定非裔美国人男女的功能健康与体重，脂肪分配，饮食质量和饮酒的关联。功能健康与感兴趣的暴露之间的关联将在横截面，前瞻性地检查，并且是平均年变化的函数。这项研究的数据将来自社区（ARIC）队列的动脉粥样硬化风险。有关功能健康的信息可从1,616名非洲裔美国妇女和877名54-73岁的非裔美国男性获得参与4（1996- 1998年）的访问4-73岁。功能健康将使用下肢功能，日常生活活动（ADL）和日常生活（ADL）进行评估。可用的其他数据包括：总共4个体重，身高，腰围和臀部周长，以及在访问前9年和访问4年内以3年间隔收集的饮酒量；报告的体重在25岁时；以及访问I（结果措施前9年）进行的66个项目食品频率问卷。该提案直接响应PA-01-082对“ ...有兴趣进行与...衰老行为研究有关的数据分析的SUPORT研究人员”和“ ...关于老化过程的流行病学研究以及老年人群体健康和死亡率的流行病学研究....”