The Effect of Age on the Association bet
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Stevens, June; Cai, Jianwen; Pamuk, Elsie R.; Williamson, David F.; Thun, Michae
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Article
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1998
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Massachusetts Medical Society
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English
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## Background: The effect of age on optimal body weight is controversial, and few studies have had adequate numbers of subjects to analyze mortality as a function of body-mass index across age groups. ## Methods: We studied mortality over 12 years among white men and women who participated in the