Association between Class III Obesity (BMI of 40-59 kg/m2) and Mortality: A Pooled Analysis of 20 Prospective Studies

Cari M. Kitahara; Alan J. Flint; Amy Berrington de Gonzalez; Leslie Bernstein; Michelle Brotzman; Robert J. MacInnis; Steven C. Moore; Kim Robien; Philip S. Rosenberg; Pramil N. Singh; Elisabete Weiderpass; Hans Olov Adami; Hoda Anton-Culver; Rachel Ballard-Barbash; Julie E. Buring; D. Michal Freedman; Gary E. Fraser; Laura E. Beane Freeman; Susan M. Gapstur; John Michael Gaziano; Graham G. Giles; Niclas Håkansson; Jane A. Hoppin; Frank B. Hu; Karen Koenig; Martha S. Linet; Yikyung Park; Alpa V. Patel; Mark P. Purdue; Catherine Schairer; Howard D. Sesso; Kala Visvanathan; Emily White; Alicja Wolk; Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte; Patricia Hartge

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Association between Class III Obesity (BMI of 40-59 kg/m²) and Mortality: A Pooled Analysis of 20 Prospective Studies

Cari M. Kitahara, Alan J. Flint, Amy Berrington de Gonzalez, Leslie Bernstein, Michelle Brotzman, Robert J. MacInnis, Steven C. Moore, Kim Robien, Philip S. Rosenberg, Pramil N. Singh, Elisabete Weiderpass, Hans Olov Adami, Hoda Anton-Culver, Rachel Ballard-Barbash, Julie E. Buring, D. Michal Freedman, Gary E. Fraser, Laura E. Beane Freeman, Susan M. Gapstur, John Michael GazianoGraham G. Giles, Niclas Håkansson, Jane A. Hoppin, Frank B. Hu, Karen Koenig, Martha S. Linet, Yikyung Park, Alpa V. Patel, Mark P. Purdue, Catherine Schairer, Howard D. Sesso, Kala Visvanathan, Emily White, Alicja Wolk, Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Patricia Hartge

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Original language	English
Article number	e1001673
Journal	PLoS Medicine
Volume	11
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001673
State	Published - Jul 2014

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Kitahara, C. M., Flint, A. J., Berrington de Gonzalez, A., Bernstein, L., Brotzman, M., MacInnis, R. J., Moore, S. C., Robien, K., Rosenberg, P. S., Singh, P. N., Weiderpass, E., Adami, H. O., Anton-Culver, H., Ballard-Barbash, R., Buring, J. E., Freedman, D. M., Fraser, G. E., Beane Freeman, L. E., Gapstur, S. M., ... Hartge, P. (2014). Association between Class III Obesity (BMI of 40-59 kg/m²) and Mortality: A Pooled Analysis of 20 Prospective Studies. PLoS Medicine, 11(7), Article e1001673. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001673

Kitahara, CM, Flint, AJ, Berrington de Gonzalez, A, Bernstein, L, Brotzman, M, MacInnis, RJ, Moore, SC, Robien, K, Rosenberg, PS, Singh, PN, Weiderpass, E, Adami, HO, Anton-Culver, H, Ballard-Barbash, R, Buring, JE, Freedman, DM, Fraser, GE, Beane Freeman, LE, Gapstur, SM, Gaziano, JM, Giles, GG, Håkansson, N, Hoppin, JA, Hu, FB, Koenig, K, Linet, MS, Park, Y, Patel, AV, Purdue, MP, Schairer, C, Sesso, HD, Visvanathan, K, White, E, Wolk, A, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, A & Hartge, P 2014, 'Association between Class III Obesity (BMI of 40-59 kg/m²) and Mortality: A Pooled Analysis of 20 Prospective Studies', PLoS Medicine, vol. 11, no. 7, e1001673. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001673

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