To legitimize the contentious obesity paradox

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1033-1035

  Kalantar Zadeh, Kamyar ^a,b,c,d   Rhee, Connie M ^a,b,c   Amin, Alpesh N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTENTIOUS OBESITY PARADOX; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAT MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART PROTECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MUSCLE MASS; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVERSE EPIDEMIOLOGY DATA; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; STROKE VOLUME; THINNESS;

EID: 84905387632     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: 19425546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2014.06.015     Document Type: Editorial

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