Body-Mass Index and Mortality in a Prospective Cohort of U.S. Adults
- 7 October 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 341 (15) , 1097-1105
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199910073411501
Abstract
Body-mass index (the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) is known to be associated with overall mortality. We investigated the effects of age, race, sex, smoking status, and history of disease on the relation between body-mass index and mortality.Keywords
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