Waist circumference as compared with body-mass index in predicting mortality from specific causes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Leitzmann, Michael F ^a,b   Moore, Steven C ^a   Koster, Annemarie ^c,d   Harris, Tamara B ^c   Park, Yikyung ^a   Hollenbeck, Albert ^e   Schatzkin, Arthur ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e AARP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79955621465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018582     Document Type: Article

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