Does body mass index adequately capture the relation of body composition and body size to health outcomes?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-172

  Michels, Karin B ^a,b,d   Greenland, Sander ^c   Rosner, Bernard A ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body mass index; Ponderal index

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREDICTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0032518865     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009430     Document Type: Article

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