Health Status, Physical Disability, and Obesity Among Adult Mississippians With Chronic Joint Symptoms or Doctor-Diagnosed Arthritis: Findings From the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2003

Health Status, Physical Disability, and Obesity Among Adult Mississippians With Chronic Joint Symptoms or Doctor-Diagnosed Arthritis: Findings From the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2003

IntroductionThe purpose of this study was to analyze 2003 Mississippi Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data to describe the health of Mississippians with arthritis or chronic joint pain. For this study, we made statistical estimates of the extent of arthritis burden among the respo...

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Main Authors: Carl W. Miller, PhD, Nadine T. James, RN, PhD, Peter J. Fos, PhD, DDS, MPH, Lei Zhang, MS, MBA, PhD, Peggy Wall, MS, Cindy Welch, RN, MSN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-07-01
Series:Preventing Chronic Disease
Subjects:
health status
physical disabilities
obesity
chronic joint symptoms
Mississippi
arthritis
BRFSS
Online Access:http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2008/jul/07_0088.htm

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