Weight change, weight cycling and mortality in the ERFORT Male Cohort Study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 665-673

  Rzehak, Peter ^a,b   Meisinger, Christa ^a,c   Woelke, Gabriele ^a   Brasche, Sabine ^d   Strube, Gert ^e   Heinrich, Joachim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e Pediatric Surgical Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Gender; Mortality; Obesity; Weight change; Weight cycling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT FLUCTUATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 34748864944     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-007-9167-5     Document Type: Article

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