Investigating the paradox of increasing obesity and declining heart disease mortality in the United States: Age-period-cohort model

Investigating the paradox of increasing obesity and declining heart disease mortality in the United States: Age-period-cohort model

BackgroundObesity as a risk factor of heart disease (HD) is confirmed through observational, laboratory, and intervention studies. However, it cannot explain why HD declines, but obesity increases in the United States in recent decades. This study attempted to understand this paradox.MethodsAnnual d...

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Main Authors: Bin Yu, Xinguang Chen, Dandan Lu, Hong Yan, Peigang Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Subjects:
heart disease
obesity
cigarette smoking
age-period-cohort (APC) analysis
adjusted rates
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2022.948561/full

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