Overweight as predictor of long-term mortality among healthy, middle-aged men: A prospective cohort study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 223-226

  Heir, T ^a   Erikssen, J ^a   Sandvik, L ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Fitness; Healthy men; Mortality; Overweight; Prospective

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FITNESS; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 79952736440     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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