General and abdominal adiposity and risk of death in Europe

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Title:	General and abdominal adiposity and risk of death in Europe
Creators Name:	Pischon, T., Boeing, H., Hoffmann, K., Bergmann, M., Schulze, M.B., Overvad, K., van der Schouw, Y.T., Spencer, E., Moons, K.G., Tjonneland, A., Halkjaer, J., Jensen, M.K., Stegger, J., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M.C., Chajes, V., Linseisen, J., Kaaks, R., Trichopoulou, A., Trichopoulos, D., Bamia, C., Sieri, S., Palli, D., Tumino, R., Vineis, P., Panico, S., Peeters, P.H., May, A.M., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H.B., van Duijnhoven, F.J., Hallmans, G., Weinehall, L., Manjer, J., Hedblad, B., Lund, E., Agudo, A., Arriola, L., Barricarte, A., Navarro, C., Martinez, C., Quiros, J.R., Key, T., Bingham, S., Khaw, K.T., Boffetta, P., Jenab, M., Ferrari, P. and Riboli, E.
Abstract:	Previous studies have relied predominantly on the body-mass index (BMI, the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) to assess the association of adiposity with the risk of death, but few have examined whether the distribution of body fat contributes to the prediction of death.
Keywords:	Abdomen, Adiposity, Alcohol Drinking, Body Height, Body Mass Index, Europe, Exercise, Mortality, Obesity, Proportional Hazards Models, Risk, Smoking, Waist Circumference, Waist-Hip Ratio
Source:	New England Journal of Medicine
ISSN:	0028-4793
Publisher:	Massachusetts Medical Society
Volume:	359
Number:	20
Page Range:	2105-2120
Date:	13 November 2008
Additional Information:	Erratum in: N Engl J Med 2010; 362:2433.
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa0801891
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