Overweight and Class I Obesity Are Associated with Lower 10-Year Risk of Mortality in Brazilian Older Adults: The Bambuí Cohort Study of Ageing

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Alline M. Beleigoli ,

* E-mail: beleigoli@yahoo.com

Affiliation Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Eric Boersma,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Maria de Fátima H. Diniz,

Affiliations Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa,

Affiliations Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Antonio L. Ribeiro

Affiliations Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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