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Karamzad, N., Safiri, S. Body mass index and the risk of all-cause mortality among patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: a multicenter prospective observational study in China; methodological issues. Eur J Clin Nutr 71, 1019 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2017.69
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