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Association of body mass index and waist circumference with successful ageing: 16 year follow-up of the Whitehall II study

OBJECTIVE: We examined whether midlife body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) predict successful ageing. DESIGN AND METHODS: BMI/WC were assessed in 4869 persons (mean age 51.2, range 42–63 in 1991/93) and survival and successful ageing (alive, no chronic disease at age >60 years, not...

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Autores principales: Singh-Manoux, Archana, Sabia, Séverine, Bouillon, Kim, Brunner, Eric J, Grodstein, Francine, Elbaz, Alexis, Kivimaki, Mika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3968224/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24167036
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.20651