A comparison of body mass index, waist–hip ratio and waist circumference as predictors of all-cause mortality among the elderly: the Rotterdam study

International Journal of Obesity - Tập 25 Số 11 - Trang 1730-1735 - 2001
Tommy L.S. Visscher1, Jacob C. Seidell2, Anu Molarius3, D. van der Kuip1, Albert Hofman3, J. C. M. Witteman1
1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
3The Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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