| Title |
Ethnic Differences in Obesity and Surgical Weight Loss between African-American and Caucasian Females
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Obesity Surgery, February 2006
|
| DOI | 10.1381/096089206775565258 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Cynthia K Buffington, Robert T Marema |
| Abstract |
In the general population, African-American females are more obese and resistant to weight loss than Caucasian women. In the present study, we examined the severity of obesity among morbidly obese African-American and Caucasian females, studied the effectiveness of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP), and sought to identify factors contributing to obesity and weight loss. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profile of 1 X user who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 52 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 52 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 10 | 19% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 8% |
| Researcher | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Unknown | 15 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 33% |
| Psychology | 4 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 6% |
| Engineering | 3 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 2 | 4% |
| Unknown | 21 | 40% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 October 2014.
All research outputs
#17,283,763
of 25,371,288 outputs
Outputs from Obesity Surgery
#2,347
of 3,712 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#147,297
of 170,236 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Obesity Surgery
#14
of 14 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,371,288 research outputs across all sources so far. This one is in the 21st percentile – i.e., 21% of other outputs scored the same or lower than it.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,712 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.3. This one is in the 27th percentile – i.e., 27% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 170,236 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one is in the 4th percentile – i.e., 4% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.
We're also able to compare this research output to 14 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one is in the 1st percentile – i.e., 1% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.