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The association of body mass index with health-related quality of life: an exploratory study in a multiethnic Asian population

Wee HL 1 , Cheung YB , Loke WC , Tan CB , Chow MH , Li SC Show all authors , Fong KY , Feeny D , Machin D , Luo N , Thumboo J

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  • 1 Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Value Health, 2008 Mar;11 Suppl 1:S105-14.
PMID: 18387053 DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2008.00374.x

Abstract

To evaluate the association between body mass index (BMI) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in a multiethnic Asian population in Singapore, and to explore if the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation of alternative BMI cutoffs for Asians could be further strengthened by evidence of higher risk of impaired HRQoL using these criteria.

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