Body Composition and Mortality in Mexican-American Adults: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

OBJECTIVE: Epidemiologic analyses indicate a lack of association between body mass index (BMI: kg/m(2)) and mortality among Hispanic adults. Because BMI provides only a surrogate for the real variable of interest (adiposity), we evaluated associations between measures of body composition and mortali...

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Autores principales: Howell, Carrie R, Mehta, Tapan, Ejima, Keisuke, Ness, Kirsten K, Cherrington, Andrea, Fontaine, Kevin R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6107368/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30070038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.22251

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6107368/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30070038
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.22251

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