Body Mass Index and Disability Pension in Middle-Aged Men—Non-Linear Relations | Zendy

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Body Mass Index and Disability Pension in Middle-Aged Men—Non-Linear Relations

Author(s) -

Nils-Ove Månsson,

KarlFredrik Eriksson,

Bo Israelsson,

Jonas Ranstam,

Arne Melander,

Lennart Råstam

Publication year - 1996

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/25.1.80

Subject(s) - underweight , overweight , medicine , disability pension , body mass index , demography , obesity , incidence (geometry) , gerontology , epidemiology , pediatrics , population , environmental health , physics , sociology , optics

Obesity has, in a number of studies, been found to correlate to disability and mortality, primarily due to diseases of the circulatory and musculoskeletal systems. In addition, an excess mortality among underweight subjects has been observed in previous studies.

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