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Risk of death associated with body mass index among male nonsmokers without chronic health conditions, according to age. The annual risk of death is expressed as both the RR (Panel A) and the absolute amount of additional risk (risk difference) (Panel B) per 100 000 population, as reported in the American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study 2. From: Byers T (2006). Overweight and mortality among baby boomers–now we’re getting personal. N Engl J Med 355,758–60.
