The "obesity paradox," frailty, disability, and mortality in older men: A prospective, longitudinal cohort study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1452-1460

  Strandberg, Timo E ^a,b   Stenholm, Sari ^c,d   Strandberg, Arto Y ^a   Salomaa, Veikko V ^c   Pitkälä, Kaisu H ^a   Tilvis, Reijo S ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aged; Disability; Frailty; Life course; Mortality; Obesity paradox

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ELDERLY POPULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT FORM 36; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; DISABILITY; FRAILTY; LIFE COURSE; MORTALITY; OBESITY PARADOX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; DISABLED PERSONS; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

FINLAND; HELSINKI; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

EID: 84890072986     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt157     Document Type: Article

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