Objective The association of body mass index (BMI) and all-cause mortality is controversial,
frequently referred to as a paradox. Whether the cause is metabolic factors or statistical …

Introduction Much of the data on BMI-mortality associations stem from 20th century US
cohorts. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between BMI and …

Although several studies have evaluated the role of body weight as a risk factor for mortality,
most studies have been conducted in Western populations and the findings remain …

Objective: To investigate whether the nature of the relationship between body mass index
(BMI (kg/m 2)) and all-cause mortality is direct, J-or U-shaped, and whether this relationship …

Objective To estimate the relationship between body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) and all-cause
mortality with information from the published scientific literature. Design Meta-analysis using …

Background: Obesity is a risk factor for many diseases, diagnosed by calculating body mass
index (BMI). Methods: To find an association between BMI and mortality in adults, we …

Importance Research has shown a U-shaped pattern in the association of body mass index
(BMI) with mortality. Although average BMI has increased over time in most countries, the …

There is still a debate about the role of body mass index (BMI) as a risk factor for all-cause
mortality. Most investigations with large sample sizes focused on populations from the …

Background: We sought to investigate the optimal values of BMI for the lowest risk of all-
cause death and whether the optimal BMI differs according to smoking status in large-scale …

Introduction Findings regarding the association between overweight and all-cause mortality
range from significantly lower to higher risk, compared with body-mass-index (BMI) within …