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Estimating Effect of Obesity on Stroke Using G-Estimation: The ARIC study.

Maryam ShakibaMohammad Ali MansourniaJay S Kaufman
Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2020)
Both GOB and AOB affected the risk of stroke. The magnitude of the estimates was larger when modeled by G-estimation than when using standard models, suggesting that bias from mishandling of time-varying confounding was toward the null.
Keyphrases
  • atrial fibrillation
  • metabolic syndrome
  • insulin resistance
  • type diabetes
  • weight loss
  • weight gain
  • high fat diet induced
  • adipose tissue
  • body mass index
  • skeletal muscle