BMI vs risk factors

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Table 15.

Relative 10-year

risk for diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and

stroke over the next decade among men initially free of disease

stratified by

baseline body mass index

BMI Diabetes Hypertension Heart Disease

CVA

18.5–21.9

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

22.0–24.9

1.8

1.5

1.1

1.1

25.0–29.9

5.6

2.4

1.7

1.3

30.0–34.9

18.2

3.8

2.2

2.1

>

35.0

41.2

4.2

2.4

2.5

BMI Diabetes

Hypertension Heart Disease CVA

BMI, body

mass index; CVA, cerebrovascular accident

Source: Field AE, et al. Impact of overweight on the risk of developing

common chronic diseases during a 10-year

period. Arch

Intern Med

2001;161:1581–6.

Per

Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention,

Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC

7)

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/hypertension/jnc7full.pdf

Yikes . . . .

Maco