Comparison of overall obesity and body fat distribution in predicting risk of mortality

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1232-1239

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

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

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 67650475427     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.664     Document Type: Article

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