The Association of Body Mass Index With Health Outcomes: Causal, Inconsistent, or Confounded?

被引：25

作者：

Shahar, Eyal ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Arizona, Div Epidemiol & Biostat, Mel & Enid Zuckeman Coll Publ Hlth, Tucson, AZ 85724 USA

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY | 2009年 / 170卷 / 08期

关键词：

bias (epidemiology); body mass index; causality; confounding factors (epidemiology); OBESITY; DIAGRAMS;

D O I：

10.1093/aje/kwp292

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

According to the definition of confounding in a causal diagram, the association of body mass index (weight (kg)/height (m)(2)) with health-related outcomes is almost always noncausal, attributable to confounding by weight and perhaps height. The same conclusion holds for any other deterministic derivation from weight and height. No causal knowledge is gained by estimating a nonexistent effect of body mass index.

引用

页码：957 / 958

页数：2

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