Open AccessPast body mass index and risk of mortality among women
Author(s) -
Stephen Moore,
Susan T. Mayne,
Barry I. Graubard,
Arthur Schatzkin,
Demetrius Albanês,
Catherine Schairer,
Robert N. Hoover,
Michael F. Leitzmann
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.663
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1476-5497
pISSN - 0307-0565
DOI - 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803801
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , underweight , overweight , demography , hazard ratio , national death index , cohort study , confidence interval , proportional hazards model , cohort , obesity , gerontology , surgery , sociology
Epidemiologic studies of body mass index (BMI) in relation to mortality commonly exclude persons with health conditions and/or a history of smoking to prevent bias resulting from illness-related weight loss ('reverse causation'). Analysis of BMI from an earlier time period may minimize reverse causation without requiring exclusion of participants based on disease or smoking history.