Research Article
Relationship between Body Mass Index Reference and All-Cause Mortality: Evidence from a Large Cohort of Thai Adults
Table 1
Body mass index and all-cause mortality, Thai Cohort Study (2005–2010).
| Body mass index categories | Proportion % | 5-year crude death rate per 100,000 ()* | Overall | Age groups | Overall |
Age groups | <35 years | 35–65 years | <35 years | 35–65 years |
| Underweight (<18.5) | 14.7 | 18.7 | 4.5 | 570.0 (72) | 511.2 (59) | 104.0 (12) | Lower normal (≥ 18.5 to <20.75) | 29.1 | 33.6 | 17.7 | 488.0 (122) | 424.3 (88) | 154.3 (32) | Upper normal (≥20.75 to <23) | 25.3 | 24.7 | 26.9 | 714.1 (155) | 505.4 (77) | 485.8 (74) | Overweight (≥23 to <25) | 15.1 | 11.7 | 23.7 | 725.9 (94) | 634.7 (46) | 662.3 (48) | Obese I (≥25 to <30) | 13.2 | 9.2 | 23.4 | 850.8 (96) | 653.8 (37) | 653.8 (59) | Obese II (≥30) | 2.6 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 1075.3 (24) | 463.7 (6) | 1919.0 (18) |
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: actual number of deaths; total deaths = 563 for the period 2005–2010.
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