Body mass and weight change in adults in relation to mortality risk

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 135-144

  Adams, Kenneth F ^a   Leitzmann, Michael F ^b   Ballard Barbash, Rachel ^c   Albanes, Demetrius ^c   Harris, Tamara B ^d   Hollenbeck, Albert ^e   Kipnis, Victor ^c  

^a HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^e AARP   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; body weight; mortality; obesity; weight gain; weight loss

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEISURE; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; MORTALITY; OBESITY; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891512467     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt254     Document Type: Article

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