Weight concerns and smoking in Black and White female smokers.
We examined whether the weight concerns of Blacks and Whites who enroll in smoking-cessation treatment differed from women who declined treatment. Black (n=100) and White (n=100) female smokers completed four measures of weight concern. Whites reported more general weight concern and smoking-specific weight concern than Blacks did. Treatment enrollers reported more general and smoking-specific weight concerns than decliners did. After controlling for BMI, SES, and number of cigarettes, ethnicity accounted for significant variance in general and smoking-specific weight concerns. Overall, Blacks reported less weight concerns than the Whites did, but when Blacks enrolled in treatment, these differences were less apparent.
Sánchez-Johnsen
Lisa A P
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University of Hawai'i Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, 1960 East-West Road, Biomedical Sciences Building, C-105, Honolulu 96822, Hawaii, USA. lsanchez@crch.hawaii.edu
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Bonnie J
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Sommerfeld
Beth Kaplan
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Fitzgibbon
Marian L
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D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight / Q000208:ethnology*; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*