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Being overweight in early adulthood is associated with increased mortality in middle age

Observational analyses of the association between body mass index (BMI) and all-cause mortality often suggest that overweight is neutral or beneficial, but such analyses are potentially confounded by smoking or by reverse causation. The use of BMI measured in early adulthood offers one means of redu...

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Autores principales: Carslake, David, Jeffreys, Mona, Davey Smith, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5080549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27782178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep36046