Abstract
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 associated with higher mortality, and overweight was associated with significantly lower all-cause mortality. The use of predefined standard BMI groupings can facilitate between-study comparisons.
Keywords
MedicineOverweightBody mass indexObesityHazard ratioDemographyPopulationMeta-analysisGerontologyInternal medicineEnvironmental healthConfidence interval
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- 309
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- 1
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- 71-71
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Katherine M. Flegal,
Brian K. Kit,
Heather Orpana
et al.
(2013).
Association of All-Cause Mortality With Overweight and Obesity Using Standard Body Mass Index Categories.
JAMA
, 309
(1)
, 71-71.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.113905
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- 10.1001/jama.2012.113905