Survival in elderly men in relation to midlife and current BMI

Age and Ageing

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 434-439

  Holme, Ingar ^a,b   Tonstad, Serena ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ageing; BMI; Mortality; Older people

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASES; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORWAY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 84929146778     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afu202     Document Type: Article

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