Muscle mass, BMI, and mortality among adults in the United States: A population-based cohort study
Fig 3
The risk of death according to BMI for the full cohort (upper panel) and for participants with preserved muscle mass (lower panel).
Mortality modeled as a restricted cubic spline and models adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, smoking status, physical activity level, and education. The shaded area represents the 95% confidence interval.