The relationship between body size and mortality in the linked Scottish Health Surveys: cross-sectional surveys with follow-up.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the relationship between body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) or waist-hip ratio (WHR) and all-cause mortality or cause-specific mortality.

Design

Cross-sectional surveys linked to hospital admissions and death records.

Subjects

In total, 20,117 adults (aged 18-86 years) from a nationally representative sample of the Scottish population.

Measurements

Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) for all-cause, or cause-specific, mortality. The three anthropometric measurements BMI, WC and WHR were the main variables of interest. The following were adjustment variables: age, gender, smoking status, alcohol consumption, survey year, social class and area of deprivation.

Results

BMI-defined obe

SUBMITTER: Hotchkiss JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3117149 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature