All-cause mortality among Japanese-Brazilians according to nutritional characteristics
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All-cause mortality among Japanese-Brazilians according to nutritional characteristics.
The aim of this study was to verify the association between nutritional variables and mortality in a Japanese-Brazilian cohort. In 1993, 647 subjects were interviewed with food frequency questionnaires and scheduled for physical procedures (weight, height, blood pressure) and biochemical tests (oral glucose tolerance test). Student's t test was used to compare the mean values of target variable...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0102-311X
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2007000900022