Heather Orpana - Researcher Profile | RDL Research Database

Publications

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BMI and Mortality: Results From a National Longitudinal Study of Canadian Adults

Heather Orpana , Jean‐Marie Berthelot , Mark S. Kaplan +3 more

Although a clear risk of mortality is associated with obesity, the risk of mortality associated with overweight is equivocal. The objective of this study is to estimate the rela...

2009 Obesity 217 citations

Association of All-Cause Mortality With Overweight and Obesity Using Standard Body Mass Index Categories

Katherine M. Flegal , Brian K. Kit , Heather Orpana +1 more

Relative to normal weight, both obesity (all grades) and grades 2 and 3 obesity were associated with significantly higher all-cause mortality. Grade 1 obesity overall was not as...

2013 JAMA 3861 citations

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Researcher Info

h-index: 2
Publications: 2
Citations: 4,078
Institution: Statistics Canada

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Identifiers

ORCID: 0000-0001-9982-981X

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h-index 2

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