Differences in the relationship of weight to height, and thus the meaning of BMI, according to age, sex, and birth year cohort

• Main Authors: William Johnson (Author), Tom Norris (Author), David Bann (Author), Noël Cameron (Author), Jonathan K. Wells (Author), Tim J. Cole (Author), Rebecca Hardy (Author)
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• 出版: Taylor & Francis Group, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Weight can be adjusted for height using the Benn parameter (kg/mB), where B is the power that minimises the correlation with height. Aim: To investigate how the Benn parameter changes across age (10-65 years) and time (1956-2015) and differs between sexes. Subjects and methods: The sampl...