Low mid-upper arm circumference, calf circumference, and body mass index and mortality in older persons

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 65 A, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1107-1114

  Wijnhoven, Hanneke A H ^a   Van Bokhorst De Van Der Schueren, Marian A E ^b   Heymans, Martijn W ^a,c   De Vet, Henrica C W ^c   Kruizenga, Hinke M ^a,b   Twisk, Jos W ^a,c   Visser, Marjolein ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Anthropometry; Body mass index; Mortality; Thinness

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN;

EID: 77956927751     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glq100     Document Type: Article

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