Association of body mass index with all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in the elderly.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the associations of body mass index (BMI) with all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and expanded CVD mortality in the elderly. DESIGN: Observational cohort study. SETTING: Annual physical examination program for the elderly from 2006 to 2010. PARTICIPANTS: We included 77,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4094563?pdf=render |