Body mass index and mortality among US male physicians
Body mass index and mortality among US male physicians
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DOI:
10.1016/j.annepidem.2003.10.008
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发表时间:
2004-11-01
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
Manson, JE
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作者:
Ajani, UA;Lotufo, PA;Manson, JE
PURPOSE: To assess the relationship between body mass index and mortality in a population homogeneous in educational attainment and socioeconomic status.METHODS: We analyzed the association between body mass index (BMI) and both all-cause and cause-specific mortality among 85,078 men aged 40 to 84 years from the Physicians' Health Study enrollment cohort.RESULTS: During 5 years of follow-up, we documented 2856 deaths (including 1212 due to cardiovascular diseases and 891 due to cancer). In age-adjusted analyses, we observed U-shaped relation between BMI and all-cause mortality; among men who never smoked a linear relation was observed with no increase in mortality among leaner men (P for trend,