Body mass index is inversely related to mortality in older people after adjustment for waist circumference

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2112-2118

  Janssen, Ian ^a   Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^a   Ross, Robert ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Mortality; Obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29344452919     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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