Associations of BMI and Waist Circumference with All-Cause Mortality: A 22-Year Cohort Study.

Yongjie ChenYu YangHuan JiangXuan LiangYuan WangWenli Lu

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2019)

Overweight was associated with lower all-cause mortality in young males and middle-aged females, but underweight demonstrated the opposite association in all elderly participants. Abdominal obesity could decrease all-cause mortality in elderly females.

Keyphrases

middle aged
body mass index
weight gain
weight loss
physical activity
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
body weight
high fat diet induced