TY - JOUR T1 - Death was associated with low and high body mass index in women and older men JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 126 LP - 126 DO - 10.1136/ebn.1.4.126 VL - 1 IS - 4 A2 - , Y1 - 1998/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/1/4/126.abstract N2 - Seccareccia F,Lanti M,Menotti A,et al The Rifle Research Group.Role of body mass index in the prediction of all cause mortality in over 62 000 men and women. The Italian RIFLE Pooling Project.J Epidemiol Community Health1998 Jan;52:20–6.OpenUrlAbstract Question What is the relation between body mass index (BMI) and short term mortality in men and women? Population based study of 47 cohorts from 9 studies in the Italian Risk Factors and Life Expectancy (RIFLE) Pooling Project.Italy.63 036 participants (age range 20–69 y, 52% men) who were registered on electoral rolls or worked in large companies, had participated in RIFLE project studies, and lived in 13 of the 20 Italian regions.Age, height, weight, systolic blood pressure, serum cholesterol concentration, and mean number of cigarettes smoked daily.All cause mortality at 6 years follow up.At 6 years follow up, death had occurred in 85 of 13 150 younger men (age range 20–44 y), 950 of 19 591 … ER -