Sex-age-specific association of body mass index with all-cause mortality among 12.8 million Korean adults: A prospective cohort study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1696-1705

  Yi, Sang Wook ^a   Ohrr, Heechoul ^b   Shin, Soon Ae ^c   Yi, Jee Jeon ^d  

^a Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Health Insurance Policy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^d Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age factors; Asians; body mass index; Koreans; mortality; sex factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE STRUCTURE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; KOREAN (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT STATURE; SMOKING; UNDERWEIGHT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SOUTH KOREA;

KOREA;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84952934699     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv138     Document Type: Article

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