Change in body size and mortality: results from the Melbourne collaborative cohort study.

<h4>Background</h4>The association between change in weight or body mass index, and mortality is widely reported, however, both measures fail to account for fat distribution. Change in waist circumference, a measure of central adiposity, in relation to mortality has not been studied exte...

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Main Authors: Amalia Karahalios, Julie A Simpson, Laura Baglietto, Robert J MacInnis, Allison M Hodge, Graham G Giles, Dallas R English
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24988430/?tool=EBI