Influence of socioeconomic status on the association between body mass index and cause-specific mortality among older Japanese adults: The AGES Cohort Study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 112-118

  Nakade, Miyo ^a   Takagi, Daisuke ^b   Suzuki, Kayo ^c   Aida, Jun ^d   Ojima, Toshiyuki ^e   Kondo, Katsunori ^f,g   Hirai, Hiroshi ^h   Kondo, Naoki ^b  

^a Tokaigakuen University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f NIHON FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged; Japan; Mortality; Overweight; Socioeconomic status; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT; VERY ELDERLY; BODY WEIGHT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; JAPAN; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SOCIAL CLASS; THINNESS;

EID: 84931260685     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.05.015     Document Type: Article

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