The role of waist circumference in predicting disability in periretirement age adults

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 364-373

  Angleman, S B ^a,b   Harris, T B ^b   Melzer, D ^a,c  

^a Department of Public Health and Primary Care ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body mass index; Disability; Mobility disability; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PENSIONER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 32544451476     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803130     Document Type: Article

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