TY - JOUR
T1 - Weight loss as a risk factor for suicide. A prospective cohort study in more than 200,000 adults
AU - Cabanas-Sánchez, Verónica
AU - Yu, Tsung
AU - Rodríguez-Artalejo, Fernando
AU - Martínez-Gómez, David
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the MJ Health Research Foundation for making their large dataset available for this study. The Taiwan MJ Cohort was supported by the MJ Health Management Institution . All data used in this research were authorized by and received from the MJ Health Research Foundation by MJ Health Research Center (authorization codes: MJHRF2017006A, MJHRF2017007A, and MJHRF2018004A). We also thank the Health and Welfare Data Science Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare in Taiwan for the help of mortality data linkage. Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan. DM-G is supported by a ’ Ramon y Cajal ’ contract ( RYC-2016-20546 ). VC-S is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities ( IJC2018-038008-I ).
Funding Information:
The authors thank the MJ Health Research Foundation for making their large dataset available for this study. The Taiwan MJ Cohort was supported by the MJ Health Management Institution. All data used in this research were authorized by and received from the MJ Health Research Foundation by MJ Health Research Center (authorization codes: MJHRF2017006A, MJHRF2017007A, and MJHRF2018004A). We also thank the Health and Welfare Data Science Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare in Taiwan for the help of mortality data linkage. Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan. DM-G is supported by a ’Ramon y Cajal’ contract (RYC-2016-20546). VC-S is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (IJC2018-038008-I).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Asia Oceania Association for the Study of Obesity
PY - 2023/5/1
Y1 - 2023/5/1
N2 - This study examined the association of changes in body weight with suicide mortality in 214,105 participants, aged 18–97 years, from the MJ cohort, Taiwan. During a mean follow-up of 15.0 ± 4.9 years, 239 participants died for suicide. Mean change in body weight was 0.29 ± 1.8 Kg/year. A nonlinear dose-response relationship between changes in body weight and suicide was detected (p < 0.001), so that incidence of suicide raised when body weight decreased. The HR (95%CI) per 1 kg/year of weight loss was 1.35 (1.03–1.75) for underweight participants. These findings highlight that weight loss could be a risk factor for suicide, especially among underweight people.
AB - This study examined the association of changes in body weight with suicide mortality in 214,105 participants, aged 18–97 years, from the MJ cohort, Taiwan. During a mean follow-up of 15.0 ± 4.9 years, 239 participants died for suicide. Mean change in body weight was 0.29 ± 1.8 Kg/year. A nonlinear dose-response relationship between changes in body weight and suicide was detected (p < 0.001), so that incidence of suicide raised when body weight decreased. The HR (95%CI) per 1 kg/year of weight loss was 1.35 (1.03–1.75) for underweight participants. These findings highlight that weight loss could be a risk factor for suicide, especially among underweight people.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.orcp.2023.04.002
DO - 10.1016/j.orcp.2023.04.002
M3 - Letter
C2 - 37059616
AN - SCOPUS:85153957149
SN - 1871-403X
VL - 17
SP - 269
EP - 270
JO - Obesity Research and Clinical Practice
JF - Obesity Research and Clinical Practice
IS - 3
ER -
