Body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio as predictors of mortality in nonagenarians: The vitality 90+ study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 66 A, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1244-1250

  Lisko, Inna ^a,b,c   Tiainen, Kristina ^a   Stenholm, Sari ^d   Luukkaala, Tiina ^a,b   Hervonen, Antti ^a   Jylhä, Marja ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Aging; Body weight; Mortality; Oldest old

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 80054932164     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr147     Document Type: Article

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