BMI, waist circumference, and mortality according to health status in the older adult population of Spain

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2232-2238

  Guallar Castillón, Pilar ^a   Balboa Castillo, Teresa ^a   López García, Esther ^a   León Mũoz, Luz M ^a   Gutiérrez Fisac, Juan L ^a   Banegas, José R ^a   Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SPAIN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SPAIN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 72449121914     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.115     Document Type: Article

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