Overweight adults may have the lowest mortality - Do they have the best health?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 430-437

  Zajacova, Anna ^a   Dowd, Jennifer Beam ^b   Burgard, Sarah A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

adult; biological markers; body mass index; health; models; mortality; overweight; statistical

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; BIOMARKER; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEALTH RISK; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; WEIGHT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551713047     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq382     Document Type: Article

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