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Examining if being overweight really confers protection against dementia: Sixty-four year follow-up of participants in the Glasgow University alumni cohort study

BACKGROUND: Recent large-scale studies suggest that obesity and overweight may confer protection against future dementia. This observation could, however, be generated by reverse causality. That is, weight loss in the incipient phase of dementia ascribed to diminished self-care, including sub-optima...

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Autores principales: Batty, G. David, Galobardes, Bruna, Starr, John M., Jeffreys, Mona, Davey Smith, George, Russ, Tom C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5090948/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27802801
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12952-016-0062-z