Waist circumference and body mass index as predictors of health care costs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Højgaard, Betina ^a,b   Gyrd Hansen, Dorte ^a,b   Olsen, Kim Rose ^a   Søgaard, Jes ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^c  

^a Dansk Sundhedsinstitut   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c The Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 50349096197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002619     Document Type: Article

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