Exploring the association between BMI and mortality in Australian women and men with and without diabetes: the AusDiab study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/hypothesis

There is conflicting evidence about the obesity paradox-the counterintuitive survival advantage of obesity among certain subpopulations of individuals with chronic conditions. It is believed that results supporting the obesity paradox are due to methodological flaws, such as collider bias. The aim of this study was to examine the association between obesity and mortality in Australian men and women. In addition, we explored whether obesity would appear to be protective if the analysis was restricted to a subpopulation with disease, and to discuss the potential role of collider bias in producing such a result.

Methods

The examined cohort included 10,575 Australian adults (4844 men and 5731 women) aged 25-91 years who were recruited for the AusDiab baseline sur

SUBMITTER: Zahir SF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6450848 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature