Differences between adiposity indicators for predicting all-cause mortality in a representative sample of United States non-elderly adults.

Differences between adiposity indicators for predicting all-cause mortality in a representative sample of United States non-elderly adults.

BACKGROUND: Adiposity predicts health outcomes, but this relationship could depend on population characteristics and adiposity indicator employed. In a representative sample of 11,437 US adults (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994, ages 18-64) we estimated associations with a...

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Main Authors: Henry S Kahn, Kai McKeever Bullard, Lawrence E Barker, Giuseppina Imperatore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3511554?pdf=render

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