A comparison of body mass index, waist-hip ratio and waist circumference as predictors of all-cause mortality among the elderly: The Rotterdam study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1730-1735

  Visscher, T L S ^a,b   Seidell, J C ^b,c   Molarius, A ^a,d   van der Kuip, D ^a   Hofman, A ^a   Witteman, J C M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Centre for Public Health Research Karlstad   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aged; Body mass index; Follow up studies; Mortality; Overweight; Waist circumference; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABDOMEN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0035172811     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801787     Document Type: Article

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