Body Mass Index and the Risk of Dementia among Louisiana Low Income Diabetic Patients

Gang Hu; Ronald Horswell; Yujie Wang; Wei Li; Jay Besse; Ke Xiao; Honglei Chen; Jeffrey N. Keller; Steven B. Heymsfield; Donna H. Ryan; Peter T. Katzmarzyk

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044537

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Body Mass Index and the Risk of Dementia among Louisiana Low Income Diabetic Patients

Gang Hu ,

* E-mail: gang.hu@pbrc.edu

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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Ronald Horswell,

Affiliations Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America, Louisiana State University Health Care Service Division, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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Yujie Wang,

Affiliations Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America, School of Human Ecology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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Wei Li,

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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Jay Besse,

Affiliation Louisiana State University Health Care Service Division, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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Ke Xiao,

Affiliations Louisiana State University Health Care Service Division, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America, School of Public Health, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Honglei Chen,

Affiliation Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
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Jeffrey N. Keller,

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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Steven B. Heymsfield,

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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Donna H. Ryan,

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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Peter T. Katzmarzyk

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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Body Mass Index and the Risk of Dementia among Louisiana Low Income Diabetic Patients

Gang Hu,
Ronald Horswell,
Yujie Wang,
Wei Li,
Jay Besse,
Ke Xiao,
Honglei Chen,
Jeffrey N. Keller,
Steven B. Heymsfield,
Donna H. Ryan

Published: September 5, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044537

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