Body-mass index, blood pressure, and cause-specific mortality in India: a prospective cohort study of 500 810 adults

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2018, Pages e787-e794

  Gajalakshmi, Vendhan ^a   Lacey, Ben ^b,c   Kanimozhi, Vendhan ^a   Sherliker, Paul ^b   Peto, Richard ^b   Lewington, Sarah ^b,c  

^a Epidemiological Research Centre   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NIHR OXFORD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85048541280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30267-5     Document Type: Article

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