Relationship between Body Mass Index Reference and All-Cause Mortality: Evidence from a Large Cohort of Thai Adults
Joint Authors
Banwell, C.
Yiengprugsawan, Vasoontara
Zhao, Jiaying
Seubsman, Sam-ang
Sleigh, Adrian C.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-11-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We investigate variation in body mass index (BMI) reference and 5-year all-cause mortality using data from 87151 adult Open University students nationwide.
Analyses focused on BMI reference bands: “normal” (≥18.5 to <23), “lower normal” (≥18.5 to <20.75), “upper normal” (≥20.75 to <23), and “narrow Western normal” (≥23 to <25).
We report hazard ratios (HR) and 95% Confidence Intervals adjusting for covariates.
Compared to lower normal, adults aged 35–65 years who were obese (BMI ≥ 30) were twice as likely to die during the follow-up (HR 2.37; 1.01–5.70).
For the same group, when using narrow Western normal as the reference, the results were similar (HR 3.02; 1.26–7.22).
However, different combinations of BMI exposure and reference band produce quite different results.
Older age persons belonging to Asian overweight BMI category (≥23 to <25) were relatively protected from mortality (HR 0.57; 0.34–0.96 and HR 0.49; 0.28–0.84) when assessed using normal (≥18.5 to <23) and upper normal (≥20.75 to <23) as reference bands.
Use of different “normal” reference produced varying mortality relationships in a large cohort of Thai adults.
Caution is needed when interpreting BMI-mortality data.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yiengprugsawan, Vasoontara& Banwell, C.& Zhao, Jiaying& Seubsman, Sam-ang& Sleigh, Adrian C.. 2014. Relationship between Body Mass Index Reference and All-Cause Mortality: Evidence from a Large Cohort of Thai Adults. Journal of Obesity،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1042383
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yiengprugsawan, Vasoontara…[et al.]. Relationship between Body Mass Index Reference and All-Cause Mortality: Evidence from a Large Cohort of Thai Adults. Journal of Obesity No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1042383
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yiengprugsawan, Vasoontara& Banwell, C.& Zhao, Jiaying& Seubsman, Sam-ang& Sleigh, Adrian C.. Relationship between Body Mass Index Reference and All-Cause Mortality: Evidence from a Large Cohort of Thai Adults. Journal of Obesity. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1042383
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1042383