Obesity in Older People With and Without Conditions Associated With Weight Loss: Follow-up of 955,000 Primary Care Patients

Moderate obesity in later life may improve survival, prompting calls to revise obesity control policies. However, this obesity paradox may be due to confounding from smoking, diseases causing weight-loss, plus varying follow-up periods. We aimed to estimate body mass index (BMI) associations with mo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2017-02, Vol.72 (2), p.203-209
Hauptverfasser:	Bowman, Kirsty, Delgado, João, Henley, William E, Masoli, Jane A, Kos, Katarina, Brayne, Carol, Thokala, Praveen, Lafortune, Louise, Kuchel, George A, Ble, Alessandro, Melzer, David
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Body Mass Index Cardiovascular disease Coronary Disease - complications Coronary Disease - epidemiology Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Incidence Male Middle Aged Mortality Obesity Obesity - complications Obesity - epidemiology Older people Primary Health Care Risk assessment Smoking - epidemiology Weight Loss
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