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. 2014 Apr;104(4):e5-6.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301916. Epub 2014 Feb 13.

Masters et al. respond

Ryan K Masters  1 , Eric N Reither, Daniel A Powers, Y Claire Yang, Andrew E Burger, Bruce G Link
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Masters et al. respond

Ryan K Masters et al. Am J Public Health. 2014 Apr.
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FIGURE 1—
Estimated hazard ratios from the fitted cohort-specific models for grade 1 obesity for (a) Black women, (b) White women, (c) Black men, and (d) White men. Note. Grade 1 obesity was defined as a body mass index of 30–34.9 kg/m2.
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