Body Mass Index and Mortality in Chinese Older Adults -New Evidence from a Large Prospective Cohort in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To comprehensively evaluate the association between BMI and death risk in people aged 65 years and over in Shenzhen, China, and suggest the optimal range of body mass index (BMI) for the older adults.

Design

A prospective cohort study.

Setting

A population-based study of elderly adults in Shenzhen, China.

Participants

359044 Shenzhen Healthy Ageing Research participants aged 65 and over with 4682 deaths during a mean of 1.5 years of follow-up were included in this analysis.

Measures

Hazard ratio of all-cause and cause specific mortality risks associated with BMI categories. The association between BMI and all-cause and cause specific mortality were independently estimated by Cox regression model.

Results

Regardless of gender, BMI of 24

SUBMITTER: Ni W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12878612 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature