Open AccessBody weight and mortality: a prospective evaluation in a cohort of middle-aged men in Shanghai, China
Author(s) -
JianMin Yuan,
Ronald K. Ross,
Yu-Tang Gao,
Mimi c Yu
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/27.5.824
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , prospective cohort study , demography , cohort , cohort study , relative risk , cause of death , confidence interval , mortality rate , gerontology , disease , sociology
The relationship between relative body weight and mortality has been well studied in Western populations and remains controversial. Little is known about the weight-mortality association in less well fed people in developing countries.
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