Obesity, physical activity, and mortality in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1498-1504

  Schooling, C Mary ^a   Tai, Hing Lam ^a   Sai, Yin Ho ^a   Wai, Man Chan ^b   Kin, Sang Ho ^b   May, Ked Tham ^b   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33746457411     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.14.1498     Document Type: Article

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