ArticleAmerican journal of epidemiology2010
Invited commentary: Body mass index and suicide--untangling an unlikely association.
Article in American journal of epidemiology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- BMI and perceived weight on suicide attempts in Korean adolescents: findings from the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey (KYRBS) 2020 to 2021.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Body mass index in midlife and risk of attempted suicide and suicide: prospective study of 1 million UK women.Psychological medicine · 2019Article
- Association Between Social Integration and Suicide Among Women in the United States.JAMA psychiatry · 2015Article
- Association between body mass index and suicidal behaviors: a systematic review protocol.Systematic reviews · 2015Article
- Association of Body Mass Index with Depression, Anxiety and Suicide-An Instrumental Variable Analysis of the HUNT Study.PloS one · 2015Article
- Anthropometrical differences between suicide and other non-natural death circumstances: an autopsy study.International journal of legal medicine · 2013Article
- Therapeutic options for binge eating disorder.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2013Review
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Abstract
A now robust series of prospective studies have found body mass index to be inversely associated with risk of completed suicide, dating back approximately 4 decades. In the progression from disturbed mental health to suicidal ideation to attempted suicide and completed suicide, augmented by impulsivity and access to highly lethal means, there are several potential steps at which body mass index has been hypothesized to lower risk. These include improved mood and self-image and reduced impulsivity, but relatively little empirical support for these exists in populations. More evidence exists to suggest that greater body weight reduces the case fatality of poisonings and shifts suicidal acts away from selected highly lethal means, such as hanging. However, in the absence of longitudinal studies with repeated measures of weight, mental health, and suicidal ideation, it remains difficult to exclude the possibility of residual confounding, particularly by psychiatric disorders that could lead to both weight loss and suicidal ideation.
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