Smoking and reverse causation create an obesity paradox in cardiovascular disease

Objective Many studies find that excess weight is associated with better survival among individuals with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Investigations were carried out to see whether this “obesity paradox” can be explained by biases. Methods The association between weight status and mortality in the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Jg. 23; H. 12; S. 2485 - 2490
Hauptverfasser:	Stokes, Andrew, Preston, Samuel H.
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2015 John Wiley and Sons Inc
Schlagworte:	Adult Bias Body Mass Index Body Weight Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality Cohort Studies Female Humans Male Middle Aged Mortality Nutrition Surveys Obesity Obesity - complications Obesity - mortality Original Overweight - complications Overweight - mortality Proportional Hazards Models Risk Factors Smoking - adverse effects Smoking - mortality
ISSN:	1930-7381, 1930-739X
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