On the estimation of the effect of weight change on a health outcome using observational data, by utlilising the target trial emulation framework

Analysis of Changes in Weight, Waist Circumference, or Both, and All-Cause Mortality in Chinese Adults

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Transient heart rate reduction improves acute decompensated heart failure‐induced left ventricular and coronary dysfunction

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Separating Algorithms from Questions and Causal Inference with Unmeasured Exposures: An Application to Birth Cohort Studies of Early BMI Rebound

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Weight Change and the Onset of Cardiovascular Diseases: Emulating Trials Using Electronic Health Records

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Physical Activity Reduction and the Worsening of Gastrointestinal Health Status during the Second COVID-19 Home Confinement in Southern Italy

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The Authors Respond

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Identifying adults at high-risk for change in weight and BMI in England: a longitudinal, large-scale, population-based cohort study using electronic health records

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Reflections on modern methods: trial emulation in the presence of immortal-time bias. Assessing the benefit of major surgery for elderly lung cancer patients using observational data

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Hypothetical Lifestyle Strategies in Middle-Aged Women and the Long-Term Risk of Stroke

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Intentional weight loss as a predictor of type 2 diabetes occurrence in a general adult population

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Hypothetical blood-pressure-lowering interventions and risk of stroke and dementia

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Weight change and the risk of incident atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Avoidable flaws in observational analyses: an application to statins and cancer

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Hypothetical interventions to prevent stroke: an application of the parametric g-formula to a healthy middle-aged population

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The longitudinal association between weight change and health-related quality of life in adults and children: a systematic review

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Using Big Data to Emulate a Target Trial When a Randomized Trial Is Not Available: Table 1.

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Specifying a target trial prevents immortal time bias and other self-inflicted injuries in observational analyses

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Bariatric Surgery in the United Kingdom: A Cohort Study of Weight Loss and Clinical Outcomes in Routine Clinical Care

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Body Mass Index, Change in Body Mass Index, and Survival in Old and Very Old Persons

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Weight change in later life and risk of death amongst the elderly: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Elderly Network on Ageing and Health study

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Does obesity shorten life? The importance of well-defined interventions to answer causal questions

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