Association of BMI with overall and cause-specific mortality: a population-based cohort study of 3·6 million adults in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Background

BMI is known to be strongly associated with all-cause mortality, but few studies have been large enough to reliably examine associations between BMI and a comprehensive range of cause-specific mortality outcomes.

Methods

In this population-based cohort study, we used UK primary care data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) linked to national mortality registration data and fitted adjusted Cox regression models to examine associations between BMI and all-cause mortality, and between BMI and a comprehensive range of cause-specific mortality outcomes (recorded by International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision [ICD-10] codes). We included all individuals with BMI data collected at age 16 years and older and with subsequent follow-up time avail

SUBMITTER: Bhaskaran K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6249991 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature