Body mass index categories and mortality risk in US adults: The effect of overweight and obesity on advancing death

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 512-519

  Borrell, Luisa N ^a   Samuel, Lalitha ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894059202     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301597     Document Type: Article

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