The effect of age on the shape of the BMI-mortality relation and BMI associated with minimum all-cause mortality in a large Austrian cohort

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 530-534

  Peter, R S ^a,b   Mayer, B ^b   Concin, H ^a   Nagel, G ^a,b  

^a AGENCY FOR PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIAN; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; AUSTRIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; LONGEVITY; NEOPLASMS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

AUSTRIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84924680126     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2014.168     Document Type: Article

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