Influence of age on the association between various measures of obesity and all-cause mortality

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2077-2084

  Kuk, Jennifer L ^a   Ardern, Chris I ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropometric; Cardiovascular disease; Metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SKINFOLD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 70350464504     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02486.x     Document Type: Article

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