Weight loss from maximum body weight and mortality: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Linked Mortality File

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1044-1050

  Ingram, D D ^a   Mussolino, M E ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Follow up studies; Longitudinal studies; Men; Proportional hazards models; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SURVIVOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77953613394     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2010.41     Document Type: Article

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