The fiction of the obesity paradox.

Eur Heart J

Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1801 Senate Avenue Suite 2000, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.

Published: October 2023

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