Body mass index in young adulthood, obesity trajectory, and premature mortality

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 441-450

  Hirko, Kelly A ^a,b   Kantor, Elizabeth D ^b   Cohen, Sarah S ^c   Blot, William J ^d,e   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b   Signorello, Lisa B ^a,b,f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c EpidStat Institute   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f DANA FARBER HARVARD CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; mortality; obesity; young adulthood

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD MORTALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; TRAJECTORY; WEIGHT; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; OVERWEIGHT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941730466     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv084     Document Type: Article

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