Figure 43-3. Body mass index (BMI) and multivariate relative risk of death from various causes among nonsmoking women with no history of disease at enrollment.

Figure 43-3. Body mass index (BMI) and multivariate relative risk of death from various causes among nonsmoking women with no history of disease at enrollment. The reference category was made up of subjects with a BMI of 23.5 to 24.9 kg/m². The relative risk of death is plotted versus incremental BMI for cardiovascular disease (....), cancer (_ _ _), and all other causes (___). (From Calle and associates, 1999, with permission.)