Body mass index at various ages and mortality in Chinese women: Impact of potential methodological biases

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1130-1136

  Zhang, X ^a,d   Shu, X O ^a   Chow, W H ^b   Yang, G ^a   Li, H ^c   Gao, J ^c   Gao, Y T ^c   Zheng, W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Epidemiology; Methodological bias; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL BIAS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 47249132472     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2008.63     Document Type: Article

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