Estimating the effects of obesity and weight change on mortality using a dynamic causal model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Cao, Bochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSAL MODELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84938271325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129946     Document Type: Article

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