Waist-to-height ratio is more predictive of years of life lost than body mass index

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Ashwell, Margaret ^a,b   Mayhew, Les ^c   Richardson, Jon ^c   Rickayzen, Ben ^c  

^a Ashwell Associates   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRITISH CITIZEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE SURVEY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH SURVEY FOR ENGLAND; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; YEARS OF LIFE LOST; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; WAIST-HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 84907217668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103483     Document Type: Article

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