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Comment
. 2016 Aug 20;388(10046):734-6.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30949-7. Epub 2016 Jul 13.

BMI and mortality: the limits of epidemiological evidence

David Berrigan  1 , Richard P Troiano  2 , Barry I Graubard  3
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Comment

BMI and mortality: the limits of epidemiological evidence

David Berrigan et al. Lancet. .
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Comment on

  • Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents.
    Global BMI Mortality Collaboration, Di Angelantonio E, Bhupathiraju ShN, Wormser D, Gao P, Kaptoge S, Berrington de Gonzalez A, Cairns BJ, Huxley R, Jackson ChL, Joshy G, Lewington S, Manson JE, Murphy N, Patel AV, Samet JM, Woodward M, Zheng W, Zhou M, Bansal N, Barricarte A, Carter B, Cerhan JR, Smith GD, Fang X, Franco OH, Green J, Halsey J, Hildebrand JS, Jung KJ, Korda RJ, McLerran DF, Moore SC, O'Keeffe LM, Paige E, Ramond A, Reeves GK, Rolland B, Sacerdote C, Sattar N, Sofianopoulou E, Stevens J, Thun M, Ueshima H, Yang L, Yun YD, Willeit P, Banks E, Beral V, Chen Zh, Gapstur SM, Gunter MJ, Hartge P, Jee SH, Lam TH, Peto R, Potter JD, Willett WC, Thompson SG, Danesh J, Hu FB. Global BMI Mortality Collaboration, et al. Lancet. 2016 Aug 20;388(10046):776-86. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30175-1. Epub 2016 Jul 13. Lancet. 2016. PMID: 27423262 Free PMC article.

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