Association of body mass index with all-cause and cause-specific mortality: findings from a prospective cohort study in Mumbai (Bombay), India | Zendy

Mangesh S. Pednekar | Zendy; M. Hakama | Zendy; J.R. Hébert | Zendy; Pankaj Gupta | Zendy

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Association of body mass index with all-cause and cause-specific mortality: findings from a prospective cohort study in Mumbai (Bombay), India

Author(s) -

Mangesh S. Pednekar,

M. Hakama,

J.R. Hébert,

Pankaj Gupta

Publication year - 2008

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/dyn001

Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , relative risk , prospective cohort study , confounding , cohort study , cohort , demography , confidence interval , sociology

The association between extremes of relative body weight and mortality has not been well characterized in developing countries. A prospective cohort study was conducted in Mumbai (India) to study the association of relative body weight, as estimated by body mass index [BMI = weight (kg)/height(2) (m(2))], with mortality.

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