Age-dependent decline of association between obesity and mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

It is debatable if the strength of obesity–mortality association depends on age. The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of age on the obesity–mortality association in men and women, and to assess if adjusting for major confounding factors altered the age-dependent trend of the obesity–mortality association. Articles were identified by searches of PubMed through 15 August 2013. Twenty studies which reported two or more...