The ‘obesity paradox’ may not be a paradox at all

Prolonged and intensive medication use are associated with the obesity paradox after percutaneous coronary intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 12 studies

(2016) Xiao-Feng Tan et al.   BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Renal cell carcinoma survival and body mass index: a dose–response meta-analysis reveals another potential paradox within a paradox

(2016) M Bagheri et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents

(2016) Emanuele Di Angelantonio et al.   LANCET

The Obesity Paradox in Cancer: a Review

(2016) Hannah Lennon et al.   Current Oncology Reports

Should Patients with Chronic Disease Be Told to Gain Weight? The Obesity Paradox and Selection Bias

(2015) Martín Lajous et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Does selection bias explain the obesity paradox among individuals with cardiovascular disease?

(2015) Hailey R. Banack et al.   ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Smoking and reverse causation create an obesity paradox in cardiovascular disease

(2015) Andrew Stokes et al.   Obesity

A dose-response meta-analysis of the impact of body mass index on stroke and all-cause mortality in stroke patients: a paradox within a paradox

(2015) M. Bagheri et al.   Obesity Reviews

Obesity Paradox

(2014) Samuel H. Preston et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY

The obesity paradox in acute coronary syndrome: a meta-analysis

(2014) Jacek Niedziela et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Commentary: The paradox of body mass index in obesity assessment: not a good index of adiposity, but not a bad index of cardio-metabolic risk

(2014) J. C. Wells   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

To Legitimize the Contentious Obesity Paradox

(2014) Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh et al.   MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS

The obesity paradox: Understanding the effect of obesity on mortality among individuals with cardiovascular disease

(2014) Hailey R. Banack et al.   PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Paradoxical association between body mass index and in-hospital mortality in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Japan

(2014) Yasuhiro Yamauchi et al.   International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Body Mass Index, Diabetes, and Mortality in French Women

(2013) Martin Lajous et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY

Body mass index and survival in patients with renal cell carcinoma: A clinical-based cohort and meta-analysis

(2012) Yuni Choi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER

Association of Weight Status With Mortality in Adults With Incident Diabetes

(2012) Mercedes R. Carnethon et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Reverse Causation and Illness-related Weight Loss in Observational Studies of Body Weight and Mortality

(2010) K. M. Flegal et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Illustrating bias due to conditioning on a collider

(2009) Stephen R Cole et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY