A pooled analysis of waist circumference and mortality in 650,000 adults.

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To assess the independent effect of waist circumference on mortality across the entire body mass index (BMI) range and to estimate the loss in life expectancy related to a higher waist circumference.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Mayo Clin. Proc.

Title: Mayo Clinic proceedings

ISSN (Electronic): 1942-5546

ISSN (Print): 0025-6196

Publication date (Electronic): Mar 2014

Volume: 89

Issue: 3

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[1 ] Division of Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Electronic address: cerhan.james@mayo.edu.

[2 ] Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.

[3 ] Epidemiology Research Program, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA.

[4 ] Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

[5 ] Division of Primary Care Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

[6 ] Centre for MEGA Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

[7 ] Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.

[8 ] Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont, CA.

[9 ] University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN.

[10 ] Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway; Cancer Register of Norway, Oslo, Norway; Samfundet Folkhälsan, Helsinki, Finland.

[11 ] Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

[12 ] Division of Nutritional Epidemiology, The National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

[13 ] Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY.

[14 ] City of Hope, Duarte, CA.

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Publisher Item ID: S0025-6196(13)01040-9 Mid ID: NIHMS603921

DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2013.11.011

PubMed ID: 24582192

SO-VID: b0fa8152-efab-4a72-997c-072f8ac2deb0

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