Peso corporal y mortalidad. Un seguimiento de 27 años de hombres de mediana edad

I M Lee1, J E Manson, C H Hennekens

  • 1Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115.

JAMA
|December 15, 1993
PubMed
Resumen

Este estudio encontró una relación directa entre el peso corporal y la mortalidad por todas las causas en los hombres. La mortalidad más baja se observó en hombres que pesaban significativamente por debajo del promedio de los EE.UU., sin exceso de riesgo para los individuos más delgados.

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