Obesity Paradox
Abstract
Many studies have documented an obesity paradox-a survival advantage of being obese-in populations diagnosed with a medical condition. Whether obesity is causally associated with improved mortality in these conditions is unresolved.We develop the logic of collider bias as it pertains to the association between smoking and obesity in a diseased population. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) are used to...
Paper Details
Title
Obesity Paradox
Published Date
May 1, 2014
Journal
Volume
25
Issue
3
Pages
454 - 461
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