Turning the Analysis of Obesity-Mortality Associations Upside Down: Modeling Years of Life Lost Through Conditional Distributions

The analysis of longevity as a function of risk factors such as body mass index (BMI; kg/m2), activity levels, and dietary factors is a mainstay of obesity research. Modeling survival through hazard functions, relative risks, or odds of dying with methods such as Cox proportional hazards or logistic...

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Main Authors: Robertson, Henry T., de los Campos, Gustavo, Allison, David B.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3610864/