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The prevalence of chronic diseases according to body mass index measured as categorical and integer variable: The case of Spain

2026-08-07

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background Body Mass Index (BMI) is lined to many chronic conditions (CC), but associations are often non-linear. Prevalence is typically lowest around normal weight and higher at the extremes (underweight and obesity). However, the precise BMI threshold at which prevalence is minimised or maximised are rarely examined because most studies rely on standard BMI categories rather than ex...

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3a90e929-f419-5a5d-a5e2-3e79731bd8af
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10.21203/rs.3.rs-10242515/v1
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