BMI and all cause mortality: systematic review and non-linear dose-response meta-analysis of 230 cohort studies with 3.74 million deaths among 30.3 million …

D Aune, A Sen, M Prasad, T Norat, I Janszky… - bmj, 2016 - bmj.com
Objective To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies of body mass
index (BMI) and the risk of all cause mortality, and to clarify the shape and the nadir of the …

Physiological geroscience: targeting function to increase healthspan and achieve optimal longevity

DR Seals, JN Justice, TJ LaRocca - The Journal of physiology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Most nations of the world are undergoing rapid and dramatic population ageing, which
presents great socio‐economic challenges, as well as opportunities, for individuals, families …

Associations of sarcopenia definitions, and their components, with the incidence of recurrent falling and fractures: the longitudinal aging study Amsterdam

LA Schaap, NM Van Schoor, P Lips… - The Journals of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background The aim was to investigate the associations of sarcopenia as defined by
European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) and Foundation for the …

[HTML][HTML] BMI and all-cause mortality in older adults: a meta-analysis

JE Winter, RJ MacInnis, N Wattanapenpaiboon… - The American journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background: Whether the association between body mass index (BMI) and all-cause
mortality for older adults is the same as for younger adults is unclear. Objective: The …

Cause-specific excess deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity

KM Flegal, BI Graubard, DF Williamson, MH Gail - Jama, 2007 - jamanetwork.com
ContextThe association of body mass index (BMI) with cause-specific mortality has not been
reported for the US population. ObjectiveTo estimate cause-specific excess deaths …

A novel risk factor for a novel virus: obesity and 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)

JK Louie, M Acosta, MC Samuel… - Clinical Infectious …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background. Many critically ill patients with 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)(2009 H1N1)
infection were noted to be obese, but whether obesity, rather than its associated co …

The obesity paradox is mostly driven by decreased noncardiovascular disease mortality in the oldest old in China: a 20-year prospective cohort study

Y Lv, C Mao, X Gao, JS Ji, VB Kraus, Z Yin, J Yuan… - Nature Aging, 2022 - nature.com
National and international recommendations of healthy body mass index (BMI) are primarily
based on evidence in young and middle-aged populations, with an insufficient …

Malnutrition is associated with increased mortality in older adults regardless of the cause of death

L Söderström, A Rosenblad, ET Adolfsson… - British Journal of …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Malnutrition predicts preterm death, but whether this is valid irrespective of the cause of
death is unknown. The aim of the present study was to determine whether malnutrition is …

Men's body mass index and infertility

RHN Nguyen, AJ Wilcox, R Skjærven… - Human …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND In men, excess weight may be linked with altered testosterone, estradiol
levels, poor semen quality and infertility. We investigated whether higher BMI among men is …

A review and meta-analysis of the effect of weight loss on all-cause mortality risk

M Harrington, S Gibson, RC Cottrell - Nutrition research reviews, 2009 - cambridge.org
Overweight and obesity are associated with increased morbidity and mortality, although the
range of body weights that is optimal for health is controversial. It is less clear whether …