Open AccessMortality Among Danish Patients with a Hospital Diagnosis of Overweight or Obesity Over a 40-Year Period
Author(s) -
Sigrid Bjerge Gribsholt,
Dóra Körmendiné Farkas,
Reimar Wernich Thomsen,
Bjørn Richelsen,
Henrik Toft Sørensen
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.868
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 1179-1349
DOI - 10.2147/clep.s350459
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , obesity , comorbidity , confidence interval , population , hazard ratio , diabetes mellitus , pediatrics , cohort , type 2 diabetes , demography , environmental health , endocrinology , sociology
Data on long-term mortality among patients with hospital-diagnosed overweight/obesity are limited. Thus, we aim to examine 40-year mortality among patients with hospital-diagnosed overweight/obesity, including cause-specific deaths, secular time trends, and potential effect modification by age, comorbidity, and socioeconomic factors.