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Age and gender differences in the association between body mass index and all-cause mortality among older Japanese
- Source :
- Ethnicity & Health. 25:874-887
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2018.
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Abstract
- Objective: Increasing evidence suggests a reverse J-shaped association between body mass index (BMI) and all-cause mortality among the older population. However, findings from non-Western s...
- Subjects :
- Male
Cultural Studies
Health Status
Body Mass Index
Older population
Age and gender
03 medical and health sciences
Sex Factors
0302 clinical medicine
Japan
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Humans
Medicine
Obesity
030212 general & internal medicine
Mortality
Association (psychology)
Aged
030505 public health
business.industry
Age Factors
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Middle Aged
Female
Independent Living
0305 other medical science
business
Effect modification
Body mass index
All cause mortality
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14653419 and 13557858
- Volume :
- 25
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ethnicity & Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7e1a3693f8e9be8a10720a402107e12a
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2018.1469737