Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents.
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Lancet. 2016 Aug 20;388(10046):776-86. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30175-1. Epub 2016 Jul 13.
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The primary analyses are of these deaths, and study, age, and sex adjusted hazard ratios (HRs), relative to BMI 22.5-<25.0 kg/m(2). FINDINGS: All-cause mortality was minimal at 20.0-25.0 kg/m(2) (HR 1.00, 95% CI 0.98-1.02 for BMI 20.0-<22.5 kg/m(2); 1.0 …
The primary analyses are of these deaths, and study, age, and sex adjusted hazard ratios (HRs), relative to BMI 22.5-<25.0 kg/m(2) …