Body Mass Index and Mortality in Non-Hispanic Black Adults in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study

BACKGROUND: Although the prevalence of obesity (body mass index, kg/m(2), BMI ≥30) is higher in non-Hispanic blacks than in non-Hispanic whites, the relation of BMI to total mortality in non-Hispanic blacks is not well defined. PURPOSE: We investigated the association between BMI and total mortality...

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Autores principales: Park, Yikyung, Hartge, Patricia, Moore, Steven C., Kitahara, Cari M., Hollenbeck, Albert R., de Gonzalez, Amy Berrington
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3507927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23209650
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050091

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