Higher Body Mass Index is a Predictor of Death Among Professional Sumo Wrestlers

Table 1. Odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals to death by logistic regression analysis among Sumo wrestlers between the years of 1926 and 1989.

	Odds ratio	95% confidencial intervals
Body mass index (kg·m²)	1.08	1.01 - 1.15
Winning percentage (+10%)	1.29	.86 - 1.93
	Special Prizes Won
Not applicable wrestlers	1.00
Prize-laden wrestlers	1.75	.50 - 6.10
Top rank in each wrestlerŠ‰s career (number, %)
Below Makuuchi	1.00
Above Komusubi	.98	.27 - 3.59