Examining the BMI-mortality relationship using fractional polynomials

Examining the BMI-mortality relationship using fractional polynomials

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Many previous studies estimating the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and mortality impose assumptions regarding the functional form for BMI and result in conflicting findings. This study investigated a flexible data driven...

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Main Authors: Wong Edwin S, Wang Bruce CM, Garrison Louis P, Alfonso-Cristancho Rafael, Flum David R, Arterburn David E, Sullivan Sean D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-12-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/11/175

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