Body mass index versus waist circumference as predictors of mortality in Canadian adults

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1450-1454

  Staiano, A E ^a   Reeder, B A ^b   Elliott, S ^c   Joffres, M R ^d   Pahwa, P ^b   Kirkland, S A ^b   Paradis, G ^e   Katzmarzyk, P T ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

body mass index; cancer; cardiovascular; mortality; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANADIAN; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLON CANCER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSTATE CANCER; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84869092598     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.268     Document Type: Article

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