Variability of body weight and health outcomes in the framingham population

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 324, Issue 26, 1991, Pages 1839-1844

  Lissner, Lauren ^a   Odell, Patricia M ^b   D'agostino, Ralph B ^c   Stokes, Joseph ^d   Kreger, Bernard E ^d   Belanger, Albert J ^c   Brownell, Kelly D ^e  

^a Department of Primary Health Care ^*  (Sweden)

^b Bryant College   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0026432651     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199106273242602     Document Type: Article

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