Differential associations of body mass index and adiposity with all-cause mortality among men in the first and second National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES I and NHANES II) follow-up studies

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 410-416

  Allison, D B ^a   Zhu, S K ^b   Plankey, M ^b   Faith, M S ^b   Heo, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adiposity; All cause mortality; BMI; Longitudinal cohort study

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SMOKING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SMOKING; THINNESS;

EID: 85047699889     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801925     Document Type: Article

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