Factors associated with overweight: are the conclusions influenced by choice of the regression method?

• Main Authors: Leidjaira Lopes Juvanhol (Author), Raquel Martins Lana (Author), Renata Cabrelli (Author), Leonardo Soares Bastos (Author), Aline Araújo Nobre (Author), Lúcia Rotenberg (Author), Rosane Härter Griep (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Different analytical techniques have been used to study the determinants of overweight. However, certain commonly used techniques may be limited by the continuous nature and skewed distribution of body mass index (BMI) data. In this article, different regression models are compar...