体重と死亡率. 中年男性を27年間追跡調査した

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
まとめ

この研究では,男性における体重と全因死亡率との間には直接的な関係があることが判明しました. 最低の死亡率は,体重が米国平均よりかなり低い男性で,痩せた人では過剰なリスクはありませんでした.

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