Effect of age on the association between body mass index and all-cause mortality: The Ohsaki cohort study

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 398-407

  Nagai, Masato ^a   Kuriyama, Shinichi ^a   Kakizaki, Masako ^a   Ohmori Matsuda, Kaori ^a   Sugawara, Yumi ^a   Sone, Toshimasa ^a   Hozawa, Atsushi ^a   Tsuji, Ichiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age effect; Body mass index; Mortality; Obesity; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 78049315972     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20090204     Document Type: Article

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