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The humanistic and economic burden associated with increasing body mass index in the EU5
- Source :
- Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, Vol 2015, Iss default, Pp 327-338 (2015)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Dove Medical Press, 2015.
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Abstract
- Shaloo Gupta,1 Lance Richard,2 Anna Forsythe3 1Kantar Health, Princeton, NJ, USA; 2Eisai Europe Ltd, Hatfield, UK; 3Eisai Inc., Woodcliff Lake, NJ, USA Objectives: This study evaluated the association of body mass index (BMI) with health-related quality of life (HRQoL), health utilities, health care resource utilization, productivity, activity impairment, and the associated costs. Methods: Results were from the 2013 EU5 (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK) National Health and Wellness Survey, a nationally representative, online survey of respondents aged ≥18 years. Analyses focused on normal weight (BMI ≥18.5 kg/m2 and BMI
- Subjects :
- Specialties of internal medicine
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11787007
- Volume :
- 2015
- Issue :
- default
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.9987475611048e48ec95b260754d543
- Document Type :
- article