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Does Obesity Associate with Mortality among Hispanic Persons?: Results from the National Health Interview Survey

To evaluate the association between body mass index (BMI: kg/m(2)) and mortality among Hispanic adults, we acquired 8 years (1997–2004) of National Health Interview Survey data linked to public-use mortality follow-up data through 2006. Using Cox proportional hazards regression, we fit separate mode...

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Autores principales: Mehta, Tapan, McCubrey, Raymond, Pajewski, Nicholas M., Keith, Scott W., Allison, David B., Crespo, Carlos J., Fontaine, Kevin R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4451932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23596157
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.20105