Body Mass Index and All-Cause Mortality in a Large Prospective Cohort of White and Black U.S. Adults
Abstract
Remaining controversies on the association between body mass index (BMI) and mortality include the effects of smoking and prevalent disease on the association, whether overweight is associated with higher mortality rates, differences in associations by race and the optimal age at which BMI predicts mortality. To assess the relative risk (RR) of mortality by BMI in Whites and Blacks among subgroups defined by smoking, prevalent disease, and age,...
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Title
Body Mass Index and All-Cause Mortality in a Large Prospective Cohort of White and Black U.S. Adults
Published Date
Oct 8, 2014
Journal
Volume
9
Issue
10
Pages
e109153 - e109153
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