Obesity paradox in the elderly: Is fatter really fitter?

Aging Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-184

  Artham, Surya M ^a   Lavie, Carl J ^a   Patel, Dharmendrakumar A ^a   Ventura, Hector O ^a  

^a JOHN OCHSNER HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Elderly; Obesity; Obesity paradox; Reverse epidemiology; Sarcopenic obesity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MORTALITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; UNDERWEIGHT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 70249122379     PISSN: 1745509X     EISSN: 17455103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/ahe.09.12     Document Type: Article

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