Attribution of causes of weight loss and weight gain to 3-year mortality in older adults: Results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1236-1243

  Wijnhoven, Hanneke A H ^a   Van Zon, Sander K R ^b   Twisk, Jos ^a,c   Visser, Marjolein ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body composition; Epidemiology; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84908229143     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu005     Document Type: Article

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