Body mass index, weight loss, and mortality in community-dwelling older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1389-1392

  Locher, Julie L ^a,b,c,f   Roth, David L ^b,d   Ritchie, Christine S ^a,b,d,e   Cox, Kimberly ^f   Sawyer, Patricia ^a,b,c   Bodner, Eric V ^a,b   Allman, Richard M ^a,b,d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Birmingham Veterans Affairs Deep South Center on Effectiveness   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 38549129751     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/62.12.1389     Document Type: Article

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