title: To legitimize the contentious obesity paradox.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA; Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA; Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA; Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address: kkz@uci.edu.
authors.forename: Kamyar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kalantar-Zadeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA; Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA; Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA.
authors.forename: Connie M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Rhee
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA.
authors.forename: Alpesh N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Amin
mesh_terms: D001823:Body Composition / Q000502:physiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality*; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000401:mortality*; D009765:Obesity / Q000401:mortality*; D050177:Overweight / Q000401:mortality*; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology*; D013851:Thinness / Q000401:mortality*
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