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From the BMI paradox to the obesity paradox: the obesity-mortality association in coronary heart disease.

Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity - 1 Oct 2016

Antonopoulos A S, Oikonomou E K, Antoniades C, Tousoulis D

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Despite a strong association between body weight and mortality in the general population, clinical evidence suggests better clinical outcome of overweight or obese individuals with established coronary heart disease. This finding has been termed the 'obesity paradox', but its existence remains a point of debate, because it is mostly observed when body mass index (BMI) is used to define obesity. Inherent...

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PMID: 27405510
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12440

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