Survival benefit of abdominal adiposity: A 6-year follow-up study with Dual X-ray absorptiometry in 3,978 older adults

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Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 597-608

  Lee, Jenny Shun Wah ^a,c   Auyeung, Tung Wai ^a,b   Kwok, Timothy ^a   Li, Martin ^a   Leung, Jason ^a   Woo, Jean ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b POK OI HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c SHATIN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Central adiposity; Elderly; Mortality; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RELATIVE ABDOMINAL FAT; SURVIVAL RATE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863726032     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-011-9272-y     Document Type: Article

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