The obesity paradox and weight loss

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 924-930

  Myers, Jonathan ^a,b   Lata, Kusum ^a   Chowdhury, Shilpy ^a   McAuley, Paul ^c   Jain, Nikhil ^a   Froelicher, Victor ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise testing; Heart disease; Mortality; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; OBESITY PARADOX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; VETERANS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 80053384608     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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