Body mass index and waist circumference in persons aging with muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, post-polio syndrome, and spinal cord injury

Disability and Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 177-184

  Alschuler, Kevin N ^a   Gibbons, Laura E ^a   Rosenberg, Dori E ^b   Ehde, Dawn M ^a   Verrall, Aimee M ^a   Bamer, Alyssa M ^a   Jensen, Mark P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Multiple sclerosis; Muscular dystrophy; Post poliomyelitis syndrome; Spinal cord injury; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84867852593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19366574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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