Survival in older men may benefit from being slightly overweight and centrally obese-a 5-year follow-up study in 4,000 older adults using DXA

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-104

  Auyeung, Tung Wai ^a,b   Lee, Jenny S W ^c   Leung, Jason ^d   Kwok, Timothy ^c   Leung, Ping Chung ^d   Woo, Jean ^c  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b School of Public Health   (United States)

^c Division of Geriatrics   (United States)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adiposity; BMI; Mortality; Muscles

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74049111811     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glp099     Document Type: Article

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