Body-mass index and all-1 cause mortality: Individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents
<strong>Background:</strong> Overweight and obesity are increasing worldwide. To help assess their relevance to mortality in different populations we conducted individual-participant-data meta-analyses of the prospective studies of body mass index (BMI), limiting confounding and reverse...
Main Authors: | Di Angelantonio, E, Woodward, M, Cairns, B, Lewington, S, Collins, R, Green, J, Halsey, J, Reeves, G, Yang, L, Beral, V, Chen, Z, Peto, R |
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Format: | Journal article |
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Elsevier
2016
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