Sex and ethnic-origin specific BMI cut points improve prediction of 40-year mortality: The Israel GOH study

Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 530-536

  Dankner, Rachel ^a,b,c   Shanik, Michael ^d,e   Roth, Jesse ^c   Luski, Ayala ^a   Lubin, Flora ^a   Chetrit, Angela ^a  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Endocrine Associates of Long Island   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic origin; Migrant; Mortality; Obesity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISRAEL; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORTH AFRICA; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; VITAL SIGN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; YEMEN; AFRICA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; BODY MASS INDEX; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; YEMEN;

EID: 84935714587     PISSN: 15207552     EISSN: 15207560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.2642     Document Type: Article

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