Weight cycling and mortality in a large prospective US study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 175, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 785-792

  Stevens, Victoria L ^a   Jacobs, Eric J ^a   Sun, Juzhong ^a   Patel, Alpa V ^a   McCullough, Marjorie L ^a   Teras, Lauren R ^a   Gapstur, Susan M ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight changes; Mortality; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER PREVENTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT FLUCTUATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859703222     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr378     Document Type: Article

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