Non-communicable diseases deaths attributable to high body mass index in Chile
| dc.coverage | DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94974-z | |
| dc.creator | Riquelme, Ricardo | |
| dc.creator | Rezende, Leandro F.M. | |
| dc.creator | Guzmán-Habinger, Juan | |
| dc.creator | Chávez, Javiera L. | |
| dc.creator | Celis-Morales, Carlos | |
| dc.creator | Ferreccio, Catterina | |
| dc.creator | Ferrari, Gerson | |
| dc.date | 2021 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-18T19:51:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-11-18T19:51:48Z | |
| dc.description | <p>We estimated the proportion and number of deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCD) attributable to high body mass index (BMI) in Chile in 2018. We used data from 5927 adults from a 2016–2017 Chilean National Health Survey to describe the distribution of BMI. We obtained the number of deaths from NCD from the Ministry of Health. Relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals per 5 units higher BMI for cardiovascular disease, cancer, and respiratory disease were retrieved from the Global BMI Mortality Collaboration meta-analyses. The prevalences of overweight and obesity were 38.9% and 39.1%, respectively. We estimated that reducing population-wide BMI to a theoretical minimum risk exposure level (mean BMI: 22.0 kg/m<sup>2</sup>; standard deviation: 1) could prevent approximately 21,977 deaths per year (95%CI 13,981–29,928). These deaths represented about 31.6% of major NCD deaths (20.1–43.1) and 20.4% of all deaths (12.9–27.7) that occurred in 2018. Most of these preventable deaths were from cardiovascular diseases (11,474 deaths; 95% CI 7302–15,621), followed by cancer (5597 deaths; 95% CI 3560–7622) and respiratory disease (4906 deaths; 95% CI 3119–6684). A substantial burden of NCD deaths was attributable to high BMI in Chile. Policies and population-wide interventions are needed to reduce the burden of NCD due to high BMI in Chile.</p> | eng |
| dc.identifier | https://investigadores.uandes.cl/en/publications/75cb863e-91f1-4e0a-b323-dc3d51246ebe | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorio.uandes.cl/handle/uandes/57375 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.source | vol.11 (2021) nr.1 | |
| dc.subject | SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being | |
| dc.title | Non-communicable diseases deaths attributable to high body mass index in Chile | eng |
| dc.type | Article | eng |
| dc.type | Artículo | spa |