Body Mass Index, Poor Diet Quality, and Health-Related Quality of Life Are Associated With Mortality in Rural Older Adults

Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-34

  Ford, Dara W ^a   Hartman, Terryl J ^b   Still, Christopher ^c   Wood, Craig ^c   Mitchell, Diane C ^a   Erickson, Pennifer ^a   Bailey, Regan ^d   Smiciklas Wright, Helen ^a   Coffman, Donna L ^a   Jensen, Gordon L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; body mass index (BMI); diet quality; health related quality of life; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AGING; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PENNSYLVANIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL HEALTH; THINNESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897803090     PISSN: 21551197     EISSN: 21551200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21551197.2014.875819     Document Type: Article

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