Background: 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 growth in waist circumference in a longitudinal cohort of black and white
adolescent girls.
Tybor, David, Alice H. Lichtenstein, Gerard E. Dallal, Stephen
R. Daniels, and Aviva Must. "Racial differences in central adiposity in a
longitudinal cohort of black and white adolescent females." BMC Pediatrics 10, no. 1
(12, 2010): 1-8.