Obesity and overall mortality: findings from the Jackson Heart Study

• Main Authors: Yuan-I Min (Author), Yan Gao (Author), Pramod Anugu (Author), Anshul Anugu (Author), Adolfo Correa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...