Mortality risk relationship using standard categorized BMI or knee-height based BMI - does the overweight/lower mortality paradox hold true?

CONCLUSION: Regardless of classic BMI or KH-BMI estimation, overweight men and women aged ≥ 80 years had a lower mortality risk compared to normal/underweight men and women ≥ 80 years.PMID:38587702 | PMC:PMC11001730 | DOI:10.1007/s40520-024-02742-6

Source: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research - April 8, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Nivetha Natarajan Gavriilidou Mats Pihlsg ård S ölve Elmståhl Henrik Ekstr öm Source Type: research