| Title: | Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents |
| Journal: | Lancet |
| Published: | 20 Aug 2016 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27423262/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30175-1 |
Publication 3049
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Abstract
Overweight and obesity are increasing worldwide. To help assess their relevance to mortality in different populations we conducted individual-participant data meta-analyses of prospective studies of body-mass index (BMI), limiting confounding and reverse causality by restricting analyses to never-smokers and excluding pre-existing disease and the first 5 years of follow-up. The associations of both overweight and obesity with higher all-cause mortality were broadly consistent in four continents. This finding supports strategies to combat the entire spectrum of excess adiposity in many populations.1 Author
- Global BMI Mortality Collaboration et al.
1 Application
| Application ID | Title |
|---|---|
| 7439 | Comparissons of measures of adiposity including body-mass index, waist-circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and percentage body fat mass |
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