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Comment
. 2014 Feb 15;179(4):530-2.
doi: 10.1093/aje/kwt331.

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Ryan K Masters, Daniel A Powers, Bruce G Link
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Ryan K Masters et al. Am J Epidemiol. .
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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Mortality hazard ratios, estimated from age 50–84 years smoothed hazards in the class 1 and class 2/3 obese samples relative to the normal/overweight sample, National Health Interview Survey Linked Mortality Files, 1986–2006.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Mortality hazard ratios, estimated from age 50–84 years smoothed hazards in the class 1 and class 2/3 obese samples relative to normal/overweight sample, standardizing by age-at-survey (50 years), National Health Interview Survey Linked Mortality Files, 1986–2006.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Smoothed mortality hazards for US women aged 50–84 years, by body mass index (weight (kg)/height (m)2) in the National Health Interview Survey Linked Mortality Files, 1986–2006, versus official 1999 US female qx.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Smoothed mortality hazards for US women aged 50–84 years, by body mass index (weight (kg)/height (m)2) in the National Health Interview Survey Linked Mortality Files, 1986–2006, standardizing by age-at-survey (50 years) versus official 1999 US female qx.
Figure 5.
Figure 5.
Differences between official 1999 US female qx and smoothed hazards for the normal/overweight sample in the National Health Interview Survey Linked Mortality Files, 1986–2006.
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