Body Fat Percentage Better Predictor of 15-Year Mortality Than BMI
Physician's Weekly
JULY 1, 2025
“The medical community has been aware that BMI has some limitations as a measure of body composition and disease risk. No statistically significant association was seen for BMI with all-cause mortality. There was a significant association for BMI with heart disease mortality in the unadjusted model, but not in the adjusted model.
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