Key result
Abdominal adiposity is linked to higher all-cause and CV mortality independently of BMI.
Why the study?
The independent association of abdominal adiposity measures with all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality beyond body mass index was unclear.
Is abdominal adiposity associated with increased risk of all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality independently of body mass index?
Is abdominal adiposity associated with increased risk of all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality independently of body mass index?
Abdominal adiposity, such as elevated waist circumference, is an independent risk factor for all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality, even in normal-weight individuals.
Waist circumference should not yet guide clinical risk stratification beyond BMI; extends observational data on abdominal adiposity and mortality but requires prospective validation.
Anthropometric measures of abdominal adiposity were strongly and positively associated with all-cause, CVD, and cancer mortality independently of body mass index. Elevated waist circumference was associated with significantly increased CVD mortality even among normal-weight women.
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Zhang et al. (2008) studied this question. Abdominal adiposity was strongly associated with increased all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality independently of body mass index, even among normal-weight women.
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