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Body-mass index and cause-specific mortality in 900 000 adults: collaborative analyses of 57 prospective studies.
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BACKGROUND: The main associations of body-mass index (BMI) with overall and cause-specific mortality can best be assessed by long-term prospective follow-up of large numbers of people. The Prospective Studies Collaboration aimed to investigate these associations by sharing data from many studies. METHODS: Collaborative analyses were undertaken of baseline BMI versus mortality in 57 prospective studies with 894 576 participants, mostly in western Europe and North America (61% [n=541 452] male,...
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- Journal:
- Lancet
- Volume:
- 373
- Issue:
- 9669
- Pages:
- 1083-1096
- Publication date:
- 2009-03-01
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1474-547X
- ISSN:
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0140-6736
- Source identifiers:
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16031
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- English
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