The burden of mortality of obesity at middle and old age is small. A life table analysis of the US Health and Retirement Survey

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 601-607

  Reuser, Mieke ^a   Bonneux, Luc ^a   Willekens, Frans ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral risk factors; Body Mass Index; Burden of mortality; Life expectancy; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING HABIT; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 51749107685     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-008-9269-8     Document Type: Article

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