The relations of body composition and adiposity measures to ill health and physical disability in elderly men

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 459-469

  Ramsay, Sheena E ^a   Whincup, Peter H ^b   Shaper, A G ^a   Wannamethee, S G ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body mass index; Chronic disease; Mobility limitation

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISABILITY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ELDERLY POPULATION; FAT; MALE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEN'S HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADIPOSITY; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33749080537     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj217     Document Type: Article

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