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Descriptor English: Obesity Paradox
Descriptor Spanish: Paradoja de la Obesidad
Descriptor paradoja de la obesidad
Entry term(s) paradoja del IMC
paradoja del índice de masa corporal
Scope note: Observación de que un ÍNDICE DE MASA CORPORAL alto a veces se asocia a una menor mortalidad por ENFERMEDADES CARDIOVASCULARES en cierta población, por ejemplo, en las PERSONAS MAYORES.
Descriptor Portuguese: Paradoxo da Obesidade
Descriptor French: Paradoxe de l'obésité
Entry term(s): BMI Paradox
Body Mass Index Paradox
Paradox, BMI
Paradox, Obesity
Tree number(s): E05.318.740.600.800.725.500.750
N05.715.350.200.700.500.750
N05.715.360.750.625.700.700.500.750
N06.850.490.625.750.500.750
N06.850.520.830.600.800.725.500.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000094408
Scope note: An observation that high BODY MASS INDEX is sometimes associated with lower CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE mortality in certain population, e.g., ELDERLY.
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Previous Indexing: Body Mass Index (2002-2022)
Obesity (2002-2022)
Public MeSH Note: 2023
History Note: 2023
DeCS ID: 60241
Unique ID: D000094408
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Date Established: 2023/01/01
Date of Entry: 2022/07/12
Revision Date: 2022/07/12
Obesity Paradox - Preferred
Concept UI M000755940
Scope note An observation that high BODY MASS INDEX is sometimes associated with lower CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE mortality in certain population, e.g., ELDERLY.
Preferred term Obesity Paradox
Entry term(s) BMI Paradox
Paradox, BMI
Paradox, Obesity
Body Mass Index Paradox - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000755941
Preferred term Body Mass Index Paradox



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