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Central adiposity and the overweight risk paradox in aging: follow-up of 130,473 UK Biobank participants

Background: For older groups, being overweight [body mass index (BMI; in kg/m(2)): 25 to <30] is reportedly associated with a lower or similar risk of mortality than being normal weight (BMI: 18.5 to <25). However, this “risk paradox” is partly explained by smoking and disease-associated weigh...

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Autores principales: Bowman, Kirsty, Atkins, Janice L, Delgado, João, Kos, Katarina, Kuchel, George A, Ble, Alessandro, Ferrucci, Luigi, Melzer, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Nutrition 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5486197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28566307
http://dx.doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.116.147157