Overweight in early adulthood, adult weight change, and risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and certain cancers in men: A cohort study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1353-1365

  De Mutsert, Renée ^a,b   Sun, Qi ^b,c   Willett, Walter C ^b,c   Hu, Frank B ^b,c   Van Dam, Rob M ^b,d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; diabetes mellitus; epidemiology; mortality; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEIGHT; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WEIGHT;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PANCREAS CANCER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; OBESITY;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84901725012     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu052     Document Type: Article

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