Baseline characterization and annual trends of body mass index for a mega-biobank cohort of US veterans 2011–2017
Xuan-Mai T Nguyen1, Rachel M Quaden2, Rebecca J Song2, Yuk-Lam Ho2, Jacqueline Honerlaw2, Stacey Whitbourne1, Scott L DuVall3, Jennifer Deen4, Saiju Pyarajan5, Jennifer Moser4, Grant D Huang4, Sumitra Muralidhar4, John Concato6, Philip S Tsao7, Christopher J O'Donnell8, Peter W. F. Wilson9, Luc Djousse10, David R Gagnon11, J Michael Gaziano1, Kelly Cho1, On Behalf of the VA Million Veteran Program12
1 Massachusetts Area Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System; Department of Medicine, Division of Aging, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA 2 Massachusetts Area Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA 3 Department of Veterans, Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA 4 Office of Research and Development, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC, USA 5 Massachusetts Area Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA 6 Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven; Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA 7 Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Healthcare System, Palo Alto; Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA 8 Massachusetts Area Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA 9 Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center; School of Medicine and Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA 10 Massachusetts Area Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System; Department of Medicine, Division of Aging, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA 11 Massachusetts Area Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System; Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Correspondence Address:
Xuan-Mai T Nguyen VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Ave., 151-MAV, Boston, MA 02130 USA
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DOI: 10.4103/jhrr.jhrr_10_18
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