Body mass index, waist circumference, and mortality in subjects older than 80 years: a Mendelian randomization study

Emerging evidence has raised an obesity paradox in observational studies of body mass index (BMI) and health among the oldest-old (aged ≥80 years), as an inverse relationship of BMI with mortality was reported. This study was to investigate the causal associations of BMI, waist circumference (WC), o...

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Published in:	European heart journal Vol. 45; no. 24; p. 2145
Main Authors:	Lv, Yuebin, Zhang, Yue, Li, Xinwei, Gao, Xiang, Ren, Yongyong, Deng, Luojia, Xu, Lanjing, Zhou, Jinhui, Wu, Bing, Wei, Yuan, Cui, Xingyao, Xu, Zinan, Guo, Yanbo, Qiu, Yidan, Ye, Lihong, Chen, Chen, Wang, Jun, Li, Chenfeng, Luo, Yufei, Yin, Zhaoxue, Mao, Chen, Yu, Qiong, Lu, Hui, Kraus, Virginia Byers, Zeng, Yi, Tong, Shilu, Shi, Xiaoming
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 28.06.2024
Subjects:	Aged, 80 and over Body Mass Index Cardiovascular Diseases - genetics Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality Cause of Death China - epidemiology Female Humans Male Mendelian Randomization Analysis Mortality Obesity - genetics Obesity - mortality Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide Risk Factors Waist Circumference China Causal inference Body mass index Waist circumference Mendelian randomization Mortality
ISSN:	1522-9645, 1522-9645
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