Abstract

Our results indicate that both underweight and obesity were associated with increased mortality in the Chinese adult population. Furthermore, our findings support the use of a single common recommendation for defining overweight and obesity among all racial and ethnic groups.

Keywords

MedicineUnderweightBody mass indexDemographyObesityConfidence intervalCohort studyProspective cohort studyOverweightInternal medicine

MeSH Terms

AdultAgedAsian PeopleBody Mass IndexBody WeightChinaCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMortalityProportional Hazards Models

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Publication Info

Year
2006
Type
article
Volume
295
Issue
7
Pages
776-776
Citations
368
Access
Closed

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368
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14
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293
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Dongfeng Gu, Jiang He, Xiufeng Duan et al. (2006). Body Weight and Mortality Among Men and Women in China. JAMA , 295 (7) , 776-776. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.295.7.776

Identifiers

DOI
10.1001/jama.295.7.776
PMID
16478900

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Data completeness: 86%