Investigation of methodological factors potentially underlying the apparently paradoxical findings on body mass index and all-cause mortality.

Investigation of methodological factors potentially underlying the apparently paradoxical findings on body mass index and all-cause mortality.

INTRODUCTION: Findings regarding the association between overweight and all-cause mortality range from significantly lower to higher risk, compared with body-mass-index (BMI) within the "normal" range. METHODS: We examined empirically potential methodological explanations for these apparen...

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Main Authors: Grace Joshy, Rosemary J Korda, Adrian Bauman, Hidde P Van Der Ploeg, Tien Chey, Emily Banks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3923042?pdf=render

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