How weight change is modelled in population studies can affect research findings: Empirical results from a large-scale cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Paige, Ellie ^a   Korda, R J ^a   Banks, E ^a   Rodgers, B ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SMOKING; VERY ELDERLY; WEIGHT CHANGE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84903121680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-004860     Document Type: Article

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