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Timo E. Strandberg, MD, PhD; Arto Strandberg, MD; Veikko V. Salomaa, MD, PhD; Kaisu Pitkälä, MD, PhD; Reijo S. Tilvis, MD, PhD; Tatu A. Miettinen, MD, PhD

Arch Intern Med. 2007;167(20):2260-2261.

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A recent editorial¹ and articles^2-3 in the Archives investigated the complex relationships between obesity, mortality, and disability, and studies that take into account the dynamic history of body weight over one's life span were called for. In the follow-up of the Helsinki Businessmen Study, we have combined these aspects (weight gain in midlife, mortality, and health-related quality of life [HRQOL] in old age⁴). We report herein the extended follow-up (now up to 30 years) of these relationships.

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This was a prospective cohort study of a socioeconomically homogeneous sample of 1657 men (born 1919-1934) who had attended health checks during the 1960s, were free of cardiovascular disease and diabetes in 1974, had no use of regular medication, and could recall their weight at . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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