Misclassification of high-risk older subjects using waist action levels established for young and middle-aged adults - Results from the Rotterdam study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1638-1645

  Molarius, Anu ^a   Seidell, Jacob C ^b   Visscher, Tommy L S ^a   Hofman, Albert ^c  

^a Centre for Public Health Research Karlstad   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

abdominal obesity; cutoff points; Rotterdam Study; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING;

EID: 0034547277     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03876.x     Document Type: Article

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