Association of body mass index with cause specific deaths in Chinese elderly hypertensive patients: Minhang community study.

BACKGROUND: Most studies have suggested that elevated body mass index (BMI) was associated with the risk of death from all cause and from specific causes. However, there was little evidence illustrating the effect of BMI on the mortality in elderly hypertensive patients in Chinese population. METHOD...

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Main Authors: Yan Wang, Yajuan Wang, Yuesheng Qain, Jin Zhang, Xiaofeng Tang, Junlei Sun, Dingliang Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3742783?pdf=render