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SUBMITTER: Park Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3953786 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Park Yikyung Y Wang Sophia S Kitahara Cari M CM Moore Steven C SC Berrington de Gonzalez Amy A Bernstein Leslie L Chang Ellen T ET Flint Alan J AJ Freedman D Michal DM Gaziano J Michael JM Hoover Robert N RN Linet Martha S MS Purdue Mark M Robien Kim K Schairer Catherine C Sesso Howard D HD White Emily E Willcox Bradley J BJ Thun Michael J MJ Hartge Patricia P Willett Walter C WC
American journal of public health 20140116 3
<h4>Objectives</h4>We investigated the association between body mass index (BMI) and mortality among Asian Americans.<h4>Methods</h4>We pooled data from prospective cohort studies with 20 672 Asian American adults with no baseline cancer or heart disease history. We estimated hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) with Cox proportional hazards models.<h4>Results</h4>A high, but not low, BMI was associated with increased risk of total mortality among individuals aged 35 to 69 years. The ...[more]