Prospective study of intentional weight loss and mortality in overweight white men aged 40-64 years

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 491-503

  Williamson, David F ^a   Pamuk, Elsie ^b   Thun, Michael ^c   Flanders, Dana ^d   Byers, Tim ^e   Heath, Clark ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Diabetes mellitus; Mortality; Neoplasms; Obesity; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0033559343     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009843     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Horm J, Anderson K. Who in America is trying to lose weight? Ann Intern Med 1993;119:667-71.
2. Williamson DF, Serdula MK, Anda RF, et al. Weight loss attempts in adults: goals, duration, and rate of weight loss. Am J Public Health 1992;82:1251-7.
3. National Task Force on the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity, Weight cycling. J Am Med Assoc 1994; 272:1196-1202.
4. Williamson DF, Pamuk E. The association between weight loss and increased longevity: a review of the evidence. Ann Intern Med 1993;119:731-6.
5. Andres A, Muller DC, Sorkin JD. Long-term effects of change in body weight on all-cause mortality: a review. Ann Intern Med 1993;119:737-3.
6. Blair SN, Shaten J, Brownell K, et al. Body weight change, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial. Ann Intern Med 1993; 119:749-57.
7. Williamson DF. "Weight cycling" and mortality: how do the epidemiologists explain the role of intentional weight loss? J Am Coll Nutr 1996;15:6-13.
8. Williamson DF, Pamuk E, Thun M, et al. Prospective study of intentional weight loss and mortality in never-smoking overweight US white women aged 40-64 years. Am J Epidemiol 1995;141:1128-41.
9. Hammond EC, Garfinkel L. Smoking habits of men and women. J Natl Cancer Inst 1961;27:419-42.
10. World Health Organization. International classification of diseases. Manual of the international statistical classification of diseases, injuries, and causes of death. Seventh Revision Congress, 1955. Vol. 1. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, 1957.
11. Lew EA, Garfinkel L. Variations in mortality by weight among 750,000 men and women. J Chronic Dis 1979;32:563-76.
12. Willett WC, Trichopoulos D. Summary of the evidence: nutrition and cancer. Cancer Causes Control 1996;7:178-80.
13. Williamson DF, Kahn HS, Remington PL, et al. The 10-year incidence of overweight and major weight gain in U.S. adults. Arch Intern Med 1990;150:665-72.
14. Simopoulos AP, Van Itallie TB. Body weight, health, and longevity. Ann Intern Med 1984;100:285-95.
15. National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Panel on the Health Implications of Obesity. Health implications of obesity: National Institutes of Health consensus development conference statement. Ann Intern Med 1985;103:1073-7.
16. Breslow NE, Day NE, eds. Statistical methods in cancer research. Vol 2. The design and analysis of cohort studies. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1987. (IARC publication no. 82).
17. SAS Institute, Inc. SAS/STAT software: changes and enhancements through release 6.12. Chap. 24. The PHREG Procedure; 871-948. Cary, NC: SAS Institute, Inc., 1997.
18. Marubini E, Valsecchi MG. Analysing survival data from clinical trials and observational studies. Statistics in practice series. Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 1995.
19. Walker M, Wannamethee G, Whincup PH, et al. Weight change and risk of heart attack in middle-aged British men. Int J Epidemiol 1995;24:694-703.
20. Sytkowski PA, Kannel WB, D'Agostino RB. Changes in risk factors and the decline in mortality from cardiovascular disease. N Engl J Med 1990;322:1635-41.
21. Stunkard AJ, Albaum JM. The accuracy of self-reported weights. Am J Clin Nutr 1981;34:1593-9.
22. Weinberg CR. Toward a clearer definition of confounding. Am J Epidemiol 1993;137:1-8.
23. Jeffery RW, Folsom AR, Luepster RV, et al. Prevalence of overweight and weight loss behavior in a metropolitan adult population: the Minnesota Heart Survey experience. Am J Public Health 1984;74:349-52.
24. Dwyer JT, Mayer J. Potential dieters: who are they? J Am Diet Assoc 1970;56:510-14.
25. Singh RB, Rastogi SS, Verma R, et al. Randomized controlled trial of cardioprotective diet in patients with recent acute myocardial infarction: results on one year follow up. BMJ 1992;304:1015-19.
26. Sjostrom L. Swedish obese subjects (SOS). Recruitment for an intervention study and a selected description of the obese state. Int J Obes 1992;16:465-79.
27. Sjostrom L. Natural history of massive obesity. (Abstract). Obes Res 1995;3:S317.
28. Bird CL, Frankl HD, Lee ER, et al. Obesity, weight gain, large weight changes, and adenomatous polyps of the left colon and rectum. Am J Epidemiol 1998;147:670-80.