The association of lifetime alcohol use with measures of abdominal and general adiposity in a large-scale European cohort

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1079-1087

  Bergmann, M M ^a   Schutze M ^a   Steffen, A ^a   Boeing, H ^a   Halkjaer, J ^b   Tjonneland, A ^b   Travier, N ^c   Agudo, A ^c   Slimani, N ^d   Rinaldi, S ^d   Norat, T ^e   Romaguera, D ^e   Rohrmann, S ^f   Kaaks, R ^f   Jakobsen, M U ^g   Overvad, K ^g,h   Ekelund, U ⁱ   Spencer, E A ^j   Rodriguez L ^k   Sanchez M J ^l   Dorronsoro, M ^m   Barricarte, A ⁿ   Chirlaque, M D ^o,p   Orfanos, P ^q   Naska, A ^q   Trichopoulou, A ^q   Palli, D ^r   Grioni, S ^s   Vineis, P ^e,t   Panico, S ^u   Tumino, R ^v   Riboli, E ^e   Wareham, N J ⁱ   Bueno De Mesquita, B ^w   May, A ^w,x   Peeters, P H M ^e,x   more..

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^c BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k Health and Health Care Services Council   (Spain)

^l ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^m Public Health Department of Gipuzkoa   (Spain)

ⁿ INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^o Murcia Regional Health Authority   (Spain)

^p CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^q UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^r CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^s NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^t ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

^u UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^v CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^w NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^x UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

alcohol; BMI; multi centric cohort study; waist circumference; waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN; WINE;

EID: 80053973601     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2011.70     Document Type: Article

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