Associations between Class I, II, or III Obesity and Health Outcomes
AbstractBackgroundThe burden of obesity-related health conditions remains incompletely explored. Previous studies have been underpowered to study severe obesity, focused on a limited set of health outcomes, and lacked diversity in study populations.MethodsWe studied 270,657 participants from the All of Us research program with linked electronic health records and body mass index (the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) greater than or equal to 18.5. We investigated...
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