Association between Body-Mass Index and Risk of Death in More Than 1 Million Asians
Vanderbilt University · Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa · +32 more institutions
Abstract
Most studies that have evaluated the association between the body-mass index (BMI) and the risks of death from any cause and from specific causes have been conducted in populations of European origin.
We performed pooled analyses to evaluate the association between BMI and the risk of death among more than 1.1 million persons recruited in 19 cohorts in Asia. The analyses included approximately 120,700 deaths that occurred during a mean follow-up period of 9.2 years. Cox regression models were used to adjust for confounding factors.
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Authors
44- WZWei ZhengCorresponding
Vanderbilt University
- DMDale McLerran
Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Cancer Research Center
- BRBetsy Rolland
Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Cancer Research Center
- XZXianglan Zhang
Vanderbilt University
- MIManami Inoue
Prevention Group
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Body mass index
- Demography
- Confounding
- Cause of death
- Risk factor
- Proportional hazards model
- Obesity