Associations Between Changes in Anthropometric Measures and Mortality in Old Age: A Role for Mid-Upper Arm Circumference?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 187-193

  De Hollander, Ellen L ^a,b   Bemelmans, Wanda J E ^a   De Groot, Lisette C P G M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Changes; Elderly; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENESCENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL TIME; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 84874224251     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.09.023     Document Type: Article

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