The Relationship between the Trajectory of Body Mass Index and Health Trajectory among Older Adults: Multilevel Modeling Analyses

Research on Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-61

  Kahng, Sang Kyoung ^a   Dunkle, Ruth E ^a   Jackson, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Chronic health conditions; Functional disability; Multilevel modeling; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILEVEL MODELING ANALYSIS; OBESITY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0344235295     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027503258734     Document Type: Article

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