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

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Authors
Bowman, K.
Delgado, J.
Henley, W. E.
Masoli, Jane A.
Kos, K.
Brayne, C.
Thokala, P.
Lafortune, L.
Kuchel, G. A.
Ble, A.
Journal
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences
Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Oxford Academic
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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 mortality, incident type 2 diabetes, and coronary heart disease in older people with and without the above confounders.
Citation
Obesity in Older People With and Without Conditions Associated With Weight Loss: Follow-up of 955,000 Primary Care Patients. 2017, 72 (2):203-209 J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci.
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