Body mass index and mortality: Is the association explained by genetic factors?

Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-103

  Carlsson, Sofia ^a   Andersson, Tomas ^a   De Faire, Ulf ^a,b   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   Michaëlsson, Karl ^c   Ahlbom, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 78650786483     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181fce2a2     Document Type: Article

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