Fatness and mortality in the West of Scotland
| Autor: | Victor M. Hawthorne, Stanley M. Garn, Jeffrey J. Pilkington, Shelly D. Pesick |
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| Rok vydání: | 1983 |
| Předmět: |
Male
medicine.medical_specialty Lung Neoplasms Body height Medicine (miscellaneous) Ideal weight medicine Humans Obesity Aged Cause of death Cardiovascular mortality Cancer Death Rate Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Mortality rate Body Weight Smoking Middle Aged medicine.disease Body Height Surgery Skinfold Thickness Scotland Cardiovascular Diseases Mortality data business Demography |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 38:313-319 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9165 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ajcn/38.2.313 |
| Popis: | Sixteen-yr mortality data for 2381 males between the ages of 45 to 75 from the West of Scotland show that the lean rather than the obese have a higher mortality rate. However, analyzed by cause of death, it is seen that lean individuals show an excess of cancer-related deaths while obese individuals show excess cardiovascular mortality. Comparing smoking and nonsmoking males, the deleterious effects of smoking are clearly demonstrable at all fatness levels. Since obese males have a higher cardiovascular mortality and lean males show an excess of cancer-related deaths, the notion of a single "ideal weight" may be challenged. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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