Mortality in Micronesian Nauruans and Melanesien and Indian Fijians is not associated with obesity

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 442-455

  Hodge, Allison M ^a   Dowse, Gary K ^a   Collins, Veronica R ^a   Zimmet, Paul Z ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Diabetes mellitus, non insulin dependent; Mortality; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANESIA; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

BIOLOGY; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; DISEASES; FIJI; MICRONESIA; MICRONESIA-POLYNESIA; MORTALITY; NAURU; OCEANIA; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYNESIA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MELANESIA; MICRONESIA; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK;

EID: 0029915728     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008764     Document Type: Article

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