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Are central obesity and overweight associated with an increased incidence of HFpEF?
Are central obesity and overweight associated with an increased incidence of HFpEF?
Maintaining BMI and waist circumference below specific thresholds may reduce the incidence of HFpEF by up to 50%.
Both central obesity and overweight were associated with increased HFpEF incidence. Although a randomised trial of weight control would be necessary to establish a causal relationship between obesity/overweight and HFpEF incidence, these data suggest that maintenance of BMI and waist circumference below these thresholds in a community similar to that of the SCREEN-HF cohort may reduce the HFpEF incidence rate by as much as 50%.
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