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Normal Weight Obesity and Mortality in United States Subjects ≥60 Years of Age (from the Third Natio...

Normal Weight Obesity and Mortality in United States Subjects ≥60 Years of Age (from the Third Natio...

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Normal Weight Obesity and Mortality in United States Subjects ≥60 Years of Age (from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey)

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Full title

Normal Weight Obesity and Mortality in United States Subjects ≥60 Years of Age (from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey)

Publisher

United States: Elsevier Inc

Journal title

The American journal of cardiology, 2013-11, Vol.112 (10), p.1592-1598

Language

English

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United States: Elsevier Inc

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Current body mass index (BMI) strata likely misrepresent the accuracy of true adiposity in older adults. Subjects with normal BMI with elevated body fat may metabolically have higher cardiovascular and overall mortality than previously suspected. We identified 4,489 subjects aged ≥60 years (BMI = 18.5 to 25 kg/m2 ) with anthropometric and bioelectr...

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Full title

Normal Weight Obesity and Mortality in United States Subjects ≥60 Years of Age (from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey)

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1449279252

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1449279252

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ISSN

0002-9149

E-ISSN

1879-1913

DOI

10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.07.014

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