Body shape trajectories and mortality in the Seguimiento universidad de Navarra (SUN) cohort

Background and aim The aim of this study was to assess the association between body shape trajectories and all-cause mortality in a Mediterranean cohort. Methods and results Using a group-based modeling approach to fit body shape trajectories from the age of 5–40 years, among 11,423 participants from the Spanish SUN cohort, we assessed the subsequent risk of all-cause mortality. To create the trajectories, we used a censored normal model as a...