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OverweightBody mass indexMedicineStroke (engine)ObesityCoronary heart diseaseProspective cohort studyInternal medicineCardiologyGerontology
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- Volume
- 383
- Issue
- 9921
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- 970-983
- Citations
- 1077
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Yuan Lu,
Kaveh Hajifathalian,
Majid Ezzati
et al.
(2013).
Metabolic mediators of the effects of body-mass index, overweight, and obesity on coronary heart disease and stroke: a pooled analysis of 97 prospective cohorts with 1·8 million participants.
The Lancet
, 383
(9921)
, 970-983.
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(13)61836-x
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- DOI
- 10.1016/s0140-6736(13)61836-x