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Loss of height predicts total and cardiovascular mortality: a cohort study of northern European women

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  • Sofia Klingberg School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kirsten Mehlig School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rojina Dangol The Parker Institute, and the Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Bispebjerg and Fredriksberg Hospitals, The Capital Region, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Cecilia Björkelund Primary Health Care/School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Berit Lilienthal Heitmann The Parker Institute, and the Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Bispebjerg and Fredriksberg Hospitals, The Capital Region, Denmark Section for General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Lauren Lissner School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Sofia Klingberg; sofia.klingberg{at}gu.se
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Klingberg S, Mehlig K, Dangol R, et al
Loss of height predicts total and cardiovascular mortality: a cohort study of northern European women
BMJ Open 2021;11:e049122. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049122

Publication history

  • Received January 18, 2021
  • Accepted June 28, 2021
  • First published August 9, 2021.
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October 18, 2023
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