Body-Mass Index and Mortality in a Prospective Cohort of U.S. Adults

Abstract

The risk of death from all causes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, or other diseases increases throughout the range of moderate and severe overweight for both men and women in all age groups. The risk associated with a high body-mass index is greater for whites than for blacks.

Keywords

Body mass indexMedicineDemographyProspective cohort studyCohort studyGerontologyInternal medicine

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American Cancer Society US

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Year: 1999
Type: article
Volume: 341
Issue: 15
Pages: 1097-1105
Citations: 3650
Access: Closed

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                                    Eugenia E. Calle, 
                                
                                    Michael J. Thun, 
                                
                                    Jennifer M. Petrelli
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1999). 
                            Body-Mass Index and Mortality in a Prospective Cohort of U.S. Adults. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 341
                            (15)
                            , 1097-1105.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199910073411501
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejm199910073411501