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Effect of body mass on future long-term care use

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a known predictor of disability and functional limitations, and, in turn, of health care use. In this study, we aim to explore whether obesity is also a significant risk factor for future long-term care use, overall and by type of care. METHODS: We use multinomial logistic reg...

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Autores principales: Nizalova, Olena, Gousia, Katerina, Forder, Julien
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7433070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32807108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01688-4