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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...
Autores principales: | Carslake, David, Davey Smith, George, Gunnell, David, Davies, Neil, Nilsen, Tom I L, Romundstad, Pål |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2018
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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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