BMI and all cause mortality: systematic review and non-linear dose-response meta-analysis of 230 cohort studies with 3.74 million deaths among 30.3 million participants

BMI and all cause mortality: systematic review and non-linear dose-response meta-analysis of 230 cohort studies with 3.74 million deaths among 30.3 million participants

Objective To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies of body mass index (BMI) and the risk of all cause mortality, and to clarify the shape and the nadir of the dose-response curve, and the influence on the results of confounding from smoking, weight loss associated with dise...

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Main Authors: Aune, Dagfinn, Sen, Abhijit, Prasad, Manya, Norat, Teresa, Janszky, Imre, Tonstad, Serena, Romundstad, Pål, Vatten, Lars J
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4856854/

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