Body-mass index as a robust predictor of mortality in Asian Indians

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Body-mass index as a robust predictor of mortality in Asian Indians [1]

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This study from the Prospective Studies Collaboration (PSC) is a meta-analysis of individual-level information shared by investigators of 57 primary prospective cohort studies to examine the relationship of body-mass index (BMI) with overall and cause-specific mortality.

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01/01/2010

Author(s): Sitanshu Sekhar Kar [2], Partha Haldar [3]

Source: National Medical Journal of India [4]

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/body-mass-index-robust-predictor-mortality-asian-indians

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