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Differences in the relationship of weight to height, and thus the meaning of BMI, according to age, sex, and birth year cohort

Background: Weight can be adjusted for height using the Benn parameter (kg/m(B)), where B is the power that minimises the correlation with height. Aim: To investigate how the Benn parameter changes across age (10–65 years) and time (1956–2015) and differs between sexes. Subjects and methods: The sam...

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Autores principales: Johnson, William, Norris, Tom, Bann, David, Cameron, Noël, Wells, Jonathan K., Cole, Tim J., Hardy, Rebecca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7261404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32429756
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2020.1737731