Open AccessBody Mass Trajectories and Mortality Among Older Adults: A Joint Growth Mixture–Discrete-Time Survival Analysis
Author(s) -
Anna Zajacova,
Jennifer Ailshire
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/gns164
Subject(s) - overweight , demography , body mass index , obesity , medicine , gerontology , health and retirement study , longevity , weight loss , sociology
The aim of this study was to investigate heterogeneity in body weight trajectories among older adults and their association with mortality risks.
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