Body-mass index and mortality in a prospective cohort of U.S. adults.

N Engl J Med. 1999 Oct 7;341(15):1097-105.

Body-mass index and mortality in a prospective cohort of U.S. adults.

Calle EE, Thun MJ, Petrelli JM, Rodriguez C, Heath CW Jr.

Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer
Society, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA.

BACKGROUND: Body-mass index (the weight in kilograms divided by the square
of the height in meters) is known to be associated with overall mortality.
We investigated the effects of age, race, sex, smoking status, and history
of disease on the relation between body-mass index and mortality. METHODS:
In a prospective study of more than 1 million adults in the United States
(457,785 men and 588,369 women), 201,622 deaths occurred during 14 years of
follow-up. We examined the relation between body-mass index and the risk of
death from all causes in four subgroups categorized according to smoking
status and history of disease. In healthy people who had never smoked, we
further examined whether the relation varied according to race, cause of
death, or age. The relative risk was used to assess the relation between
mortality and body-mass index. RESULTS: The association between body-mass
index and the risk of death was substantially modified by smoking status
and the presence of disease. In healthy people who had never smoked, the
nadir of the curve for body-mass index and mortality was found at a
body-mass index of 23.5 to 24.9 in men and 22.0 to 23.4 in women. Among
subjects with the highest body-mass indexes, white men and women had a
relative risk of death of 2.58 and 2.00, respectively, as compared with
those with a body-mass index of 23.5 to 24.9. Black men and women with the
highest body-mass indexes had much lower risks of death (1.35 and 1.21),
which did not differ significantly from 1.00. A high body-mass index was
most predictive of death from cardiovascular disease, especially in men
(relative risk, 2.90; 95 percent confidence interval, 2.37 to 3.56).
Heavier men and women in all age groups had an increased risk of death.
CONCLUSIONS: The risk of death from all causes, cardiovascular disease,
cancer, or other diseases increases throughout the range of moderate and
severe overweight for both men and women in all age groups. The risk
associated with a high body-mass index is greater for whites than for
blacks.

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people are worthless." - some anonymous coward admitting the truth,
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Steve Chaney did not write that. It was a forgery from an anonymous
remailer by an anonymous coward. The real Steve Chaney always uses

(Steve Chaney, aka Papa Gunnykins ®)

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On 12 Nov 2003 12:57:11 +0100, (Steve Chaney, aka Papa Gunnykins ®) did NOT write:

N Engl J Med. 1999 Oct 7;341(15):1097-105.

Body-mass index and mortality in a prospective cohort of U.S. adults.


NR

"I retract part of it. Mark Kaufman posted to clear the matter up -
apparently you issued death threats to him in a posting. The e-mail
threatening sodomizing all females in his family was from *another*
brain-dead mental case."
- -- Steve Novak, admitting Steve Chaney never threatened to sodomize
anyone's daughter
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"Outside of this group, I don't remember hearing anyone in RL say
that fat people are worthless."
- Jade, admitting the truth
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"Jade, your whole existence is spent trying to find people you can
justify vetting your rage toward thorugh all forms of harassment. Do
you realize that?"
- Sunny, on Jade's life in a nutshell
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"Hey Rauni. How's Vivian? DEAD?"
- Mike Cranston, gloating over the violent death of a woman's daughter
Message-ID:

"What's the difference between that and her taking a crack at my dead
mother?"
- Mike the statutory rapist Cranston, justifying why he's gloating
over the violent death of a woman's daughter,
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"As I said I hope your child is molested."
- pedophile Jim Dutton, advocating child molestation for a black
woman's preteen daughter
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"Does your daughter swallow?"
- pedophile Jim Dutton, making sexual passes at preteen girls
Message-ID:

"NIce try coward. What are you flying your daughter in for one
of those 500 man ****s?"
- pedophile Jim Dutton and his fantasies about preteen girls
Message-ID:

"Liar. You stated I wouldn't have the balls to talk about your
duaghter getting molested to your face. I said I would. Then you
play the victim. Just like chaney. Just like odious. YOu're freaks
with no integrity. I say i would tell your daughter what a sick
depraved pig you are and I'll tell her how you laughed when chaney
talked about her, strange men on the internet and vaseline."
- pedophile Jim Dutton offering to speak of his fantasies about child
molestation to the mother of that child, face to face
Message-ID:

"Another option would be to run. Presumably you can outrun the
wife and kids, and you can replace them."
- How Dan "Sex Bots" Mocsny would deal with a thug threatening his
family,
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"kimtard when you were barefoot cold and hungry back in asia
before you became a refugee in nocountry refugee filled same
sex marriage canada, did you often hope your father
would have a really good day where he earned enough money to
buy and bring home some dog meat?" - Jim Ledford, racist klansman
redneck dissing an Asian woman,
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"From up on a hill top once I watched as agent orange was
being sprayed. I knew there were U.S. Army Patrols in that valley
and I wondered. You know the rest of the nam vets fight on
that one." - Jim Ledford, fake Vietnam Vet
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Anyone who wishes to ask Mike about his violent threats, his racist
remarks, or his gloats about the violent deaths of young women, can
contact him he

Cranston, Michael James
Address: 6529 21st Ave NW
City, ST Zip: Seattle, WA 98117-5745

Business Phone: (206) 783-2012
E-Mail:
WSBA Attorney Registration Number: 16122
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Anyone who wishes to ask Jim Dutton about his child molestation
remarks, can contact him he

Jim Dutton
11S032 West St.
Naperville, IL 60565
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Anyone who wishes to talk to Jim Ledford about his racial slurs
and false claims of service in Vietnam, contact him at:

Jim Ledford
1133-B Marshburn Rd.
WENDELL NC 27591
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