Personality and body mass index: A cross-sectional analysis from the Miyagi Cohort Study

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-80

  Kakizaki, Masako ^a   Kuriyama, Shinichi ^a   Sato, Yuki ^a   Shimazu, Taichi ^a   Matsuda Ohmori, Kaori ^a   Nakaya, Naoki ^a   Fukao, Akira ^b   Fukudo, Shin ^a   Tsuji, Ichiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adults; Japanese; Overweight; Personality; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROSIS; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 37349016223     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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