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Overweight or obese BMI is associated with earlier, but not later survival after common acute illnesses

BACKGROUND: Obesity has been associated with improved short-term mortality following common acute illness, but its relationship with longer-term mortality is unknown. METHODS: Observational study of U.S. Health and Retirement Study (HRS) participants with federal health insurance (fee-for-service Me...

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Autores principales: Prescott, Hallie C., Chang, Virginia W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5801673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29409463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0726-2