Re: Mediators of the Effect of Body Mass Index on Coronary Heart Disease

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¹ Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, AustriaOslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayInstitute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, Ulm University, Ulm, GermanyAgency for Preventive and Social Medicine, Bregenz, AustriaDepartment of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria, hanno.ulmer@i-med.ac.at.

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Josef Fritz et al. Epidemiology. 2016 May.

. 2016 May;27(3):e13-4.

doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000442.

¹ Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, AustriaOslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayInstitute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, Ulm University, Ulm, GermanyAgency for Preventive and Social Medicine, Bregenz, AustriaDepartment of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria, hanno.ulmer@i-med.ac.at.

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Lu Y, Hajifathalian K, Rimm EB, Ezzati M, Danaei G. Lu Y, et al. Epidemiology. 2016 May;27(3):e14-5. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000443. Epidemiology. 2016. PMID: 26808603 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Metabolic mediators of the effects of body-mass index, overweight, and obesity on coronary heart disease and stroke: a pooled analysis of 97 prospective cohorts with 1·8 million participants.
Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases Collaboration (BMI Mediated Effects); Lu Y, Hajifathalian K, Ezzati M, Woodward M, Rimm EB, Danaei G. Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases Collaboration (BMI Mediated Effects), et al. Lancet. 2014 Mar 15;383(9921):970-83. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61836-X. Epub 2013 Nov 22. Lancet. 2014. PMID: 24269108 Free PMC article.