Abstract
In these prospective data, body weight and mortality were directly related. After accounting for confounding by cigarette smoking and bias resulting from illness-related weight loss or inappropriate control for the biologic effects of obesity, we found no evidence of excess mortality among lean men. Indeed, lowest mortality was observed among men weighing, on average, 20% below the US average for men of comparable age and height.
Keywords
MedicineBody mass indexConfidence intervalDemographyInternal medicine
MeSH Terms
Body Mass IndexBody WeightFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedMortalityMultivariate AnalysisProspective StudiesRegression AnalysisRisk
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- 270
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- 2823-2823
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- 426
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I-Min Lee
(1993).
Body Weight and Mortality.
JAMA
, 270
(23)
, 2823-2823.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1993.03510230061036
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- DOI
- 10.1001/jama.1993.03510230061036
- PMID
- 8133621