Waist-Hip-Ratio as a Predictor of All-Cause Mortality in High-Functioning Older Adults

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 724-731

  Srikanthan, Preethi ^a   Seeman, Teresa E ^a   Karlamangla, Arun S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatric Assessment; Health Status Indicators; Mortality; Obesity; Waist Hip Ratio

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 69449108216     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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