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Trajectories of body mass index among Canadian seniors and associated mortality risk

BACKGROUND: This study aims to characterize the heterogeneity in BMI trajectories and evaluate how different BMI trajectories predict mortality risk in Canadian seniors. METHODS: Data came from the Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS, 1994–2011) and 1480 individuals aged 65–79 years wit...

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Autores principales: Wang, Meng, Yi, Yanqing, Roebothan, Barbara, Colbourne, Jennifer, Maddalena, Victor, Sun, Guang, Wang, Peizhong Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5715616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29202810
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4917-0