Journal article
BMI and Mortality: Results From a National Longitudinal Study of Canadian Adults
Abstract
Although a clear risk of mortality is associated with obesity, the risk of mortality associated with overweight is equivocal. The objective of this study is to estimate the relationship between BMI and all-cause mortality in a nationally representative sample of Canadian adults. A sample of 11,326 respondents aged >or=25 in the 1994/1995 National Population Health Survey (Canada) was studied using Cox proportional hazards models. A significant …
Authors
Orpana HM; Berthelot J; Kaplan MS; Feeny DH; McFarland B; Ross NA
Journal
Obesity, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 214–218
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
1 2010
DOI
10.1038/oby.2009.191
ISSN
1930-7381