General and Abdominal Adiposity and Mortality in Mexico City: A Prospective Study of 150 000 Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Some reports suggest that body mass index (BMI) is not strongly associated with mortality in Hispanic populations.

Objective

To assess the causal relevance of adiposity to mortality in Mexican adults, avoiding reverse causality biases.

Design

Prospective study.

Setting

2 Mexico City districts.

Participants

159 755 adults aged 35 years and older at recruitment, followed for up to 14 years. Participants with a hemoglobin A1c level of 7% or greater, diabetes, or other chronic diseases were excluded.

Measurements

BMI, waist-to-hip ratio, waist circumference, and cause-specific mortality. Cox regression, adjusted for confounders, yielded mortality hazard ratios (HRs) after at least 5 years of follow-up and before age 75 years.

Results

SUBMITTER: Gnatiuc L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6949137 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature