title: Body mass index and mortality: understanding the patterns and paradoxes.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Population Health Sciences, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK sarah.wild@ed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Sarah H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Wild
authors.affiliation: Nutrition and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Byrne
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D006801:Humans; D009026:Mortality; D009765:Obesity