Obesity and overall mortality: findings from the Jackson Heart Study

• Главные авторы: Yuan-I Min (Автор), Yan Gao (Автор), Pramod Anugu (Автор), Anshul Anugu (Автор), Adolfo Correa (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: BMC, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Overall mortality has been reported to be lower among individuals classified as overweight/obese when compared with their normal weight counterparts ("obesity paradox") when obesity classification is based on the body mass index (BMI). One possible reason for this appar...