Association of anthropometric measures with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in US adults: revisiting the obesity paradox
Abstract Objective Previous studies have shown that the obesity paradox exists in a variety of clinical settings, whereby obese individuals have lower mortality than their normal-weight counterparts. It remains unclear whether the association between obesity and mortality risk varies by anthropometr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2024-04-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18418-9 |