Body Mass Index and All-Cause Mortality in a Large Prospective Cohort of White and Black U.S. Adults

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...

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Main Authors: Patel, Alpa V., Hildebrand, Janet S., Gapstur, Susan M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4189918/