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Titre :	The Association of Body Mass Index With Health Outcomes : Causal, Inconsistent, or Confounded ? (2009)
Auteurs :	SHAHAR (Eyal) : USA. Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. University of Arizona. Tucson. AZ.
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	American journal of epidemiology (vol. 170, n° 8, 2009)
Pagination :	957-958
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Association ; Pronostic ; Evolution ; Facteur ; Biais ; Epidémiologie ; Homme
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS B9Bq9R0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. According to the definition of confounding in a causal diagram, the association of body mass index (weight (kg)/height (m) 2) with health-related outcomes is almost always noncausal, attributable to confounding by weight and perhaps height. The same conclusion holds for any other deterministic derivation from weight and height. No causal knowledge is gained by estimating a nonexistent effect of body mass index.

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