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To compare the relationship between body-mass index and mortality risk between Black and White adults in the United States.

March 30, 2013ObesityOpen Access

Body‐mass index and mortality risk in US Blacks compared to Whites

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CJChandra L. JacksonNational Institutes of Health NWNae‐Yuh WangPreventive Cardiology HYHsin‐Chieh YehJohns Hopkins University

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Cohort study finds elevated body-mass index carries a weaker mortality risk in Black adults than in White adults, indicating racial differences in weight-related health thresholds.

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To compare the relationship between body-mass index and mortality risk between Black and White adults in the United States.
Pooled cross-sectional data from the National Health Interview Survey (1997–2002) including 11,934 Black and 59,741 White adults aged 35–75 years without prior cancer or cardiovascular disease, followed for mortality through 2006.
Calculated BMI using self-reported height and weight and analyzed all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality risks using multivariable-adjusted Cox proportional hazards models.
Over 9 years of follow-up with 4,303 total deaths (1,205 among never smokers), age-adjusted mortality was higher in Black adults than White adults at BMI < 25 kg/m² and demonstrated no increase at higher BMI categories.
Adjusted hazard ratios for death increased across upper BMI quintiles similarly in Black and White men, but higher BMI was positively associated with mortality in White women and inversely associated in Black women (P interaction = 0.01).

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Jackson et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a11e00745487b7639a57da0 https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.20471

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Cohort study finds elevated body-mass index carries a weaker mortality risk in Black adults than in White adults, indicating racial differences in weight-related health thresholds.

Body‐mass index and mortality risk in US Blacks compared to Whites

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Body‐mass index and mortality risk in US Blacks compared to Whites

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