Optimal cutoff values for high-risk waist circumference in older adults based on related health outcomes

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 479-489

  Heim, Noor ^a   Snijder, Marieke B ^a   Heymans, Martijn W ^a,b   Deeg, Dorly J H ^b   Seidell, Jacob C ^a,b   Visser, Marjolein ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; cohort studies; overweight; risk assessment; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES; HEALTH RISK; OBESITY; OSTEOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PAIN; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; URINE INCONTINENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 80051497461     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr093     Document Type: Article

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