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Claire Bonithon-Kopp, PhD, MD; Joelyne Raison, MD; Pierre Ducimetiére, PhD
Paris, France

JAMA. 1989;262(9):1185.

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To the Editor. —

A recent report by Shimokata et al¹ suggests that, in men, smoking might have an inverse effect on body mass index and the repartition of body fat by decreasing the body mass index and increasing the waist-hip ratio. Little is known about the associations between smoking and distribution of body fat in women.

Data similar to those of Shimokata et al¹ are available in a cross-sectional study on the repartition of body fat performed among 408 French women aged 20 to 65 years employed in a department store in Paris, France. Although there was a weak but not significant negative association between body mass index and smoking status, there was a significant increase in the waist-hip ratio among the heaviest smokers (Table 1), thus confirming in a female population the previous finding of an unfavorable effect of smoking on the distribution of body fat in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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