体重和死亡率. 对中年男性进行了27年的随访

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
概括

这项研究发现,男性的体重和全因死亡率之间存在直接关系. 在体重明显低于美国平均水平的男性中,死亡率最低,而较瘦个体没有过度风险.

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