Body Fat Distribution and 5-Year Risk of Death in Older Women

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 269, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 483-487

  Folsom, Aaron R ^a   Kaye, Susan A ^a   Sellers, Thomas A ^a   Hong, Ching Ping ^a   Cerhan, James R ^a   Potter, John D ^a   Prineas, Ronald J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DIET; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027464362     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1993.03500040049035     Document Type: Article

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