Overall Obesity and Abdominal Adiposity as Predictors of Mortality in U.S. White and Black Adults

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 134-142

  Reis, Jared P ^a   Araneta, Maria R ^b   Wingard, Deborah L ^b   Macera, Caroline A ^c   Lindsay, Suzanne P ^c   Marshall, Simon J ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body Composition; Death; Obesity; Race; Weight

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; SMOKING HABIT; THIGH; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 58649091320     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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