The relationship of physical activity and body weight with all-cause mortality: Results from the Puerto Rico Heart Health Program

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 543-552

  Crespo, Carlos J ^a,g   Garcia Palmieri, Mario R ^b   Perdomo, Rosa Perez ^c   McGee, Daniel L ^d   Smit, Ellen ^a   Sempos, Christopher T ^a   Lee, I Min ^e   Sorlie, Paul D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d South Carolina Medical School   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Exercise; Mortality; Obesity; Puerto Ricans; Puerto Rico Heart Health Program

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036863916     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(01)00296-4     Document Type: Article

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