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The Non-Linear Relationship between BMI and Health Care Costs and the Resulting Cost Fraction Attributable to Obesity
This study aims to analyse the non-linear relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and direct health care costs, and to quantify the resulting cost fraction attributable to obesity in Germany. Five cross-sectional surveys of cohort studies in southern Germany were pooled, resulting in data of 6757...
Autores principales: | Laxy, Michael, Stark, Renée, Peters, Annette, Hauner, Hans, Holle, Rolf, Teuner, Christina M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5615521/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28867791 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14090984 |
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