Affiliation: Heinrich Heine University
- Effect of age on excess mortality in obesityR Bender
Department of Metabolic Diseases and Nutrition World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Diabetes, Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
JAMA 281:1498-504. 1999..Few studies have investigated the association between body mass index (BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters), age, and mortality, with sufficient numbers of subjects at all levels of obesity...