Adiposity measures as predictors of long-term physical disability

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 710-716

  Wong, Evelyn ^a,b   Stevenson, Christopher ^a,c   Backholer, Kathryn ^a,b   Mannan, Haider ^a   Pasupathi, Kumar ^a,b   Hodge, Allison ^d   Freak Poli, Rosanne ^a,b   Peeters, Anna ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Obesity; Physical disability; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SELF CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84866526259     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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