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July 17, 2016American Journal of Human BiologyOpen Access

Anthropometrically‐predicted visceral adipose tissue and mortality among men and women in the third national health and nutrition examination survey (NHANES III)

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Why the study?

Is anthropometrically-predicted visceral adipose tissue associated with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a population-based sample?

Population

Large population-based sample of men and women of European descent from the third national health and…

Design

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Authors

JBJustin C. BrownAdventHealth OrlandoMHMichael O. HarhayHeart Failure & TransplantMHMeera N. HarhayPenn Center for AIDS Research

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Implication

apVAT may aid mortality risk stratification without imaging; leaves open its added value beyond standard factors in prospective cohorts.

Structured PICO

Is anthropometrically-predicted visceral adipose tissue associated with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a population-based sample?

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Population
Large population-based sample of men and women of European descent from the third national health and nutrition examination survey (NHANES III)
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Intervention
Anthropometrically-predicted visceral adipose tissue (apVAT) assessment
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Outcome
All-cause and cause-specific mortalityhard clinical

Anthropometrically-predicted visceral adipose tissue can be used to risk-stratify individuals for premature mortality when imaging data are not available.

Cite This Study

Brown et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d78876447a5ff6a2b8a9d7https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.22898
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