Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi
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Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi · Jun 2005
[A prospective cohort study on body mass index and mortality among middle-aged and elderly men in urban Shanghai].
To examine the association between body mass index (BMI) and mortality as well as the effect of age on it among middle-aged and elderly men in urban area of Shanghai. ⋯ A positive relationship between obesity and total mortality was observed in the middle-aged and elderly men in urban Shanghai. The association was more obvious among the elderly while the risk of deaths from colon cancer or CVD rose along with the increase of BMI. The risk of death from infectious disease increased significantly in the group with low BMI.