It's Absolutely Relative: The Effect of Age on the BMI-Mortality Relationship in Postmenopausal Women.
Hailey R BanackJennifer W BeaAndrew C StokesCandyce H KroenkeMarcia L StefanickShirley A BeresfordChloe E BirdLorena GarciaRobert WallaceRobert A WildBette CaanJean Wactawski-WendePublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2019)
In postmenopausal women, the relative mortality risk associated with high BMI decreased with increasing age, but the absolute risk of high BMI increased with increasing age. This indicates the importance of considering the interaction between age and BMI to understand mortality risk in older women.