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Associations between body mass index and mortality or cardiovascular events in a general Korean population

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: The relationship between body mass index (BMI) and mortality remains controversial. Furthermore, the association between BMI and cardiovascular events (CVE) is not conclusive and may differ by ethnicity. We aimed to estimate the associations between the BMI and mortality or ca...

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Autores principales: Kong, Kyoung Ae, Park, Junbeom, Hong, So-hyeon, Hong, Young Sun, Sung, Yeon-Ah, Lee, Hyejin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5600387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28915262
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185024