Overweight and Class I Obesity Are Associated with Lower 10-Year Risk of Mortality in Brazilian Older Adults: The Bambuí Cohort Study of Ageing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Beleigoli, Alline M ^a   Boersma, Eric ^b   de Diniz, Maria Fátima H ^a   Lima Costa, Maria Fernanda ^a,c   Ribeiro, Antonio L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84871300497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052111     Document Type: Article

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