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New life sciences research from Washington University, Medical Department discussed
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, May 25th, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between body mass index (BMI) and alcohol use and misuse in young adulthood in a sample of black and white female twins. Cox proportional hazards and logistic regression models were used to examine the relationships between BMI category and first alcohol use, current weekly alcohol use, and current weekly heavy episodic drinking in 3,514 (14.06% black) young adult female twins."
"Analyses were conducted separately in black and white women. After adjusting for relevant covariates, in white women obesity was protective against alcohol use (hazard ratio = 0.83; 95%...
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