Association between Class III Obesity (BMI of 40-59 kg/m2) and Mortality: A Pooled Analysis of 20 Prospective Studies

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Kitahara, Cari M ^a   Flint, Alan J ^b   Berrington de Gonzalez, Amy ^a   Bernstein, Leslie ^c   Brotzman, Michelle ^d   MacInnis, Robert J ^e,f   Moore, Steven C ^a   Robien, Kim ^g   Rosenberg, Philip S ^a   Singh, Pramil N ^h   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^i,j,k,l   Adami, Hans Olov ^b,i   Anton Culver, Hoda ^m   Ballard Barbash, Rachel ^a   Buring, Julie E ⁿ   Freedman, D Michal ^a   Fraser, Gary E ^h   Beane Freeman, Laura E ^a   Gapstur, Susan M ^o   Gaziano, John Michael ^n,p   Giles, Graham G ^e,f   Håkansson, Niclas ⁱ   Hoppin, Jane A ^q   Hu, Frank B ^b   Koenig, Karen ^r   Linet, Martha S ^a   Park, Yikyung ^a   Patel, Alpa V ^o   Purdue, Mark P ^a   Schairer, Catherine ^a   Sesso, Howard D ⁿ   Visvanathan, Kala ^s,t   White, Emily ^u   Wolk, Alicja ⁱ   Zeleniuch Jacquotte, Anne ^r   Hartge, Patricia ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WESTAT   (United States)

^e CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^k Department of Community Medicine University of Tromsø The Arctic University of Norway ^*  (Norway)

^l FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^p GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^q NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^r NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^s JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^u Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPHYSEMA; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEPHRITIS; NEPHROSIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905388767     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001673     Document Type: Article

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