TY - JOUR
T1 - Cigarette Smoking as a Confounder of the Relationship Between Relative Weight and Long-term Mortality
T2 - The Framingham Heart Study
AU - Garrison, Robert J.
AU - Feinleib, Manning
AU - Castelli, William P.
AU - Mcnamara, Patricia M.
PY - 1983/4/22
Y1 - 1983/4/22
N2 - Cigarette smoking is a potential confounder of the relationship between obesity and mortality, and statistical control for this factor requires careful consideration. Framingham Heart Study subjects were weighed, their stature measured, and cigarette smoking histories obtained at the first biennial examination starting in 1949. Of men under desirable weight (Metropolitan relative weight [MRW],
AB - Cigarette smoking is a potential confounder of the relationship between obesity and mortality, and statistical control for this factor requires careful consideration. Framingham Heart Study subjects were weighed, their stature measured, and cigarette smoking histories obtained at the first biennial examination starting in 1949. Of men under desirable weight (Metropolitan relative weight [MRW],
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U2 - 10.1001/jama.1983.03330400045023
DO - 10.1001/jama.1983.03330400045023
M3 - Article
C2 - 6834617
AN - SCOPUS:0020622083
SN - 0098-7484
VL - 249
SP - 2199
EP - 2203
JO - Journal of the American Medical Association
JF - Journal of the American Medical Association
IS - 16
ER -