ArticlePreventing chronic disease2017
Maximum Lifetime Body Mass Index and Mortality in Mexican American Adults: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III (1988-1994) and NHANES 1999-2010.
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- Screening, Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Staging of Obesity in Adults: Standards of Care in Overweight and Obesity-2026.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2026Review
- Body mass index and all-cause mortality in a 21st century U.S. population: A National Health Interview Survey analysis.PloS one · 2023Article
- The impact of body mass index on one-year mortality after spinal cord injury.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2021Article
- Relation of Maximum Lifetime Body Mass Index with Age at Hemodialysis Initiation and Vascular Complications in Japan.Obesity facts · 2021Article
- Humans against Obesity: Who Will Win?Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2019Article
- Is Toxoplasma gondii infection correlated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease?- a population-based study.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
- Body Composition and Mortality in Mexican American Adults: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2018Article
- Screening, Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Staging of Obesity in Adults: Standards of Care in Overweight and Obesity-2026.Diabetes, obesity, and cardiometabolic CAREReview
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Abstract
introductionStudies in US Hispanic adults indicate no deleterious association between obesity and death. We tested the hypothesis that accounting for weight history would provide more insight into this nonassociation.
methodsWe used the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to examine associations between maximum lifetime body mass index (BMI) and all-cause and cause-specific mortality among US-residing Mexican American adults. BMI was classified as underweight (<18.5 kg/m
resultsMexican Americans categorized as obese class II at maximum lifetime and time of survey had increased risk of all-cause mortality (hazard ratio [HR], 2.12; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.54 - 2.93 and HR, 1.52; 95% CI, 1.10-2.10). Those reporting a maximum lifetime BMI of class I or class II obesity but who were classified as normal weight at survey had increased risk of all-cause mortality (HR = 2.49; 95% CI, 1.72-3.61 and HR = 3.56; 95% CI, 1.15-11.06, respectively).
conclusionIncreased all-cause mortality risk in Mexican Americans with a lifetime BMI of 35 or greater refutes prior studies, suggesting that maximum lifetime BMI should be included when evaluating obesity-mortality associations in this population.
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