Influence of lifestyle aspects on the association of body size and shape with all-cause mortality in middle-aged men and women

Obesity Facts

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 252-260

  Bigaard, Janne ^a,b,c   Christensen, Jane ^a   Tjønneland, Anne ^a   Thomsen, Birthe Lykke ^a   Overvad, Kim ^b   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c The Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Body mass index; Hip circumference; Lifestyle; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SPORT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; DENMARK; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPORTS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 77956516318     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319579     Document Type: Article

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