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Body mass index: a measure for longevity.

J S Shiner1, D E Uehlinger

  • 1Abteilung Nephrologie, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland. shiner@alumni.duke.edu

Medical Hypotheses
|March 29, 2002
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Body mass index (BMI) may predict longevity, not just body fat. This is based on its scaling with body weight, similar to physiological processes across species.

Area of Science:

  • Physiology
  • Biometrics
  • Longevity research

Background:

  • Body mass index (BMI) is widely used to assess body fat and predict mortality/morbidity.
  • The broad implications of BMI across various pathologies suggest it may represent more than just body fat.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if body mass index (BMI) serves as a measure of longevity.
  • To explore the relationship between BMI and allometric scaling laws in human growth phases.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of allometric scaling laws for physiological time in mammalian species.
  • Examination of how body mass index (BMI) scales with body weight during human growth (0-1 year and 5-17 years).

Main Results:

  • Physiological time (heart rate, respiration, longevity) scales with body weight to the 1/4 power across mammalian species.

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  • Human body mass index (BMI) demonstrates this 1/4 power scaling with body weight during specific developmental periods.

    • Conclusions:

    • Human growth phases exhibit scaling patterns consistent with interspecies physiological scaling.
    • Body mass index (BMI) is postulated to be a measure of longevity, supported by allometric scaling principles.