Weight Change, Weight, Cycling, and Mortality in the Erfort Male Cohort Study
Rzehak, P.; Meisinger, C.; Woelke, G.; Brasche, S.; Strube, G.; Heinrich, J. · Aktuelle Ernährungsmedizin · 2007 · Heft 5 · S. 1 bis 1
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Objective: To investigate the effect of weight change and weight fluctuations on all-cause-mortality in men. Methods: Within a prospective population-based cohort of 1160 men aged 40–59 years at recruitment, complete weight change patterns from baseline and three follow-up examinations during a period of 15 years of follow-up was used to categorize the 505 men into stable obese, stable non-obese, weight gain, weight loss and weight fluctuation groups. For these men (age range: 55–74 yrs at start time of survival analysis) further survival was analysed during the subsequent 15 years. Results: Overall, 183 deaths…
