Cause-Specific Excess Deaths Associated With Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity

Abstract

The BMI-mortality association varies by cause of death. These results help to clarify the associations of BMI with all-cause mortality.

Keywords

MedicineUnderweightOverweightNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyBody mass indexObesityCause of deathPopulationCancerConfidence intervalMortality rateDiseaseDemographyInternal medicineEnvironmental health

MeSH Terms

AdultAgedBody Mass IndexCardiovascular DiseasesCause of DeathFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsNutrition SurveysObesityOverweightProportional Hazards ModelsRiskThinnessUnited States

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Year: 2007
Type: article
Volume: 298
Issue: 17
Pages: 2028-2028
Citations: 1546
Access: Closed

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                                    Katherine M. Flegal, 
                                
                                    Barry I. Graubard, 
                                
                                    David F. Williamson
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2007). 
                            Cause-Specific Excess Deaths Associated With Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity. 
                            JAMA
                            , 298
                            (17)
                            , 2028-2028.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.298.17.2028
                        

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DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.17.2028
PMID: 17986696

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