Association between Class III Obesity (BMI of 40-59 kg/m(2)) and Mortality: A Pooled Analysis of 20 Prospective Studies

Cari M Kitahara; Alan J Flint; Amy Berrington de Gonzalez; Leslie Bernstein; Michelle Brotzman; Robert J MacInnis; Steven C Moore; Kim Robien; Philip S Rosenberg; Pramil N Singh; Elisabete Weiderpass; Hans Olov Adami; Hoda Anton-Culver; Rachel Ballard-Barbash; Julie E Buring; D Michal Freedman; Gary E Fraser; Laura E Beane Freeman; Susan M Gapstur; John Michael Gaziano; Graham G Giles; Niclas Hakansson; Jane A Hoppin; Frank B Hu; Karen Koenig; Martha S Linet; Yikyung Park; Alpa V Patel; Mark P Purdue; Catherine Schairer; Howard D Sesso; Kala Visvanathan; Emily White; Alicja Wolk; Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte; Patricia Hartge

Journal article

Association between Class III Obesity (BMI of 40-59 kg/m(2)) and Mortality: A Pooled Analysis of 20 Prospective Studies

Cari M Kitahara, Alan J Flint, Amy Berrington de Gonzalez, Leslie Bernstein, Michelle Brotzman, Robert J MacInnis, Steven C Moore, Kim Robien, Philip S Rosenberg, Pramil N Singh, Elisabete Weiderpass, Hans Olov Adami, Hoda Anton-Culver, Rachel Ballard-Barbash, Julie E Buring, D Michal Freedman, Gary E Fraser, Laura E Beane Freeman, Susan M Gapstur, John Michael Gaziano Show all

PLoS Medicine | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001673

University of Melbourne Researchers

Graham Giles Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Robert Macinnis Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Grants

Awarded by NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported in part by the Intramural Research Program of the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health. Certain data were provided by the Vital Statistics Administration, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, Maryland. The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.