Adjusting for reverse causation to estimate the effect of obesity on mortality after incident heart failure in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study

OBJECTIVES: The lower mortality rate of obese patients with heart failure (HF) has been partly attributed to reverse causation bias due to weight loss caused by disease. Using data about weight both before and after HF, this study aimed to adjust for reverse causation and examine the association of...

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Autores principales: Shakiba, Maryam, Soori, Hamid, Mansournia, Mohammad Ali, Nazari, Seyed Saeed Hashemi, Salimi, Yahya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Epidemiology 2016
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27283142
http://dx.doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2016025

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27283142
http://dx.doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2016025

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