Concurrent and separate effects of body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio on 24-year mortality in the Population Study of Women in Gothenburg: Evidence of age-dependency

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 789-794

  Lindqvist, Peter ^a   Andersson, Kate ^a   Sundh, Valter ^a   Lissner, Lauren ^a   Björkelund, Cecilia ^a   Bengtsson, Calle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Body mass index; Mortality; Waist to hip ratio; Women

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST HIP RATIO; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORK;

AGE FACTORS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33845359422     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-006-9074-1     Document Type: Article

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