Association of body mass index with all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in the elderly

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Wu, Chen Yi ^a,b   Chou, Yi Chang ^a,b   Huang, Nicole ^a,b   Chou, Yiing Jenq ^a   Hu, Hsiao Yun ^a,b   Li, Chung Pin ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHABITATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; SMOKING; TAIWAN; UNDERWEIGHT; VERY ELDERLY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; THINNESS;

EID: 84904249888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102589     Document Type: Article

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