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SUBMITTER: Cerhan JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4104704 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cerhan James R JR Moore Steven C SC Jacobs Eric J EJ Kitahara Cari M CM Rosenberg Philip S PS Adami Hans-Olov HO Ebbert Jon O JO English Dallas R DR Gapstur Susan M SM Giles Graham G GG Horn-Ross Pamela L PL Park Yikyung Y Patel Alpa V AV Robien Kim K Weiderpass Elisabete E Willett Walter C WC Wolk Alicja A Zeleniuch-Jacquotte Anne A Hartge Patricia P Bernstein Leslie L Berrington de Gonzalez Amy A
Mayo Clinic proceedings 20140301 3
<h4>Objectives</h4>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.<h4>Patients and methods</h4>We pooled data from 11 prospective cohort studies with 650,386 white adults aged 20 to 83 years and enrolled from January 1, 1986, through December 31, 2000. We used proportional hazards regression to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs for the ass ...[more]