Confounding by ill health in the observed association between BMI and mortality: evidence from the HUNT Study using offspring BMI as an instrument

BACKGROUND: The observational association between mortality and body mass index (BMI) is U-shaped, leading to highly publicized suggestions that moderate overweight is beneficial to health. However, it is unclear whether elevated mortality is caused by low BMI or if the association is confounded, fo...

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Autores principales: Carslake, David, Davey Smith, George, Gunnell, David, Davies, Neil, Nilsen, Tom I L, Romundstad, Pål
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
Materias:
Explaining Mortality Trends
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6005033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29206928
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyx246

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6005033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29206928
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyx246

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