New indexes of body fat distribution and sex-specific risk of total and cause-specific mortality: a prospective cohort study

New indexes of body fat distribution and sex-specific risk of total and cause-specific mortality: a prospective cohort study

Abstract Background A number of prior studies have examined the association between anthropometric measures and mortality, but studies investigating the sex-specific predictive value of novel anthropometric measures on mortality are scarce so far. Therefore, we investigated the sex-specific relevanc...

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Main Authors: Susanne Rost, Dennis Freuer, Annette Peters, Barbara Thorand, Rolf Holle, Jakob Linseisen, Christa Meisinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Anthropometric measures
All-cause mortality
Cardiovascular mortality
Cancer mortality
Body adiposity index
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-018-5350-8

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