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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (231376)	12/12/2007 2:16:31 PM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 794389

This report says overweight is good past 80. I think longevity is mostly in the genes. Association between body mass index and mortality in an 80-year-old population. 2007 Jun ncbi.nlm.nih.gov OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the association between body mass index (BMI) and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in an 80-year-old population. DESIGN: Cohort study. SETTING: Community-based. PARTICIPANTS: Six hundred ninety-seven of 1,282 (54.4%) 80-year-old candidate individuals. MEASUREMENTS: The dates and causes of all deaths were followed up for 4 years. RESULTS: The relative hazard ratios (HRs) for all-cause mortality were lower in overweight subjects (BMI > or= 25.0) than in underweight (BMI<18.5) or normal-weight (BMI 18.5-24.9) subjects. Similarly, the HRs for mortality due to CVD in overweight subjects were 78% less (HR=0.22, 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.06-0.77) than those in underweight subjects, and those in normal weight subjects were 78% less (HR=0.22, 95% CI=0.08-0.60) than those in underweight subjects. Mortality due to CVD was 4.6 times (HR 4.64, 95% CI=1.68-12.80) as high in underweight subjects as in normal-weight subjects, and mortality due to cancers was 88% lower (HR=0.12, 95% CI=0.02-0.78) in the overweight group than in the underweight group. There were no differences in mortality due to pneumonia. CONCLUSION: Overweight status was associated with longevity and underweight with short life, due to lower and higher mortality, respectively, from CVD and cancer. * * *

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (231376)	12/12/2007 2:28:01 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794389

The pictures hide my weight. I am a big guy, 6'3". But 250 is 50 lbs over. I didn't mention the wonderful addition that Kaiser has made to their Internet posting of my medical records. They drew blood yesterday, and posted my results this morning. Not only are they fast, but I can graph, bar or line, my LIPID panel on their site to see what the record looks like though time. The first thing that is obvious is the drop, since my last tests, in my cholesterol, LDL AND VLDL. The HDL is slightly up, and that's good, because it's the "good" cholesterol. I think the "spike" in my Triglycerides is probably due to an "outlier" in the 4/11 test results. I got interested in checking my heart back in April, right after the tests, and started taking supplements. I believe they are the reason my results look better. I haven't been on the Statin long enough for it to have made this kind of change in my results. I may be misreading some of this, but in any case, good or bad, it's wonderful to have this kind of info at your fingertips. Kaiser includes a link to every one of these results that tells you about what you should expect. This is the direction all medical testing needs to go. They all need to get transparent with their customers.