Why the study?
Are abdominal obesity indices associated with prevalent ASCVD and its risk factors in elderly Chinese community residents?
Population
3,950 elderly (aged ≥ 65 years) community residents in Shanghai, China
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Cautions against uniform BMI/WC thresholds for ASCVD risk in elderly Chinese; leaves open the obesity paradox pending prospective confirmation.
Are abdominal obesity indices associated with prevalent ASCVD and its risk factors in elderly Chinese community residents?
In elderly Chinese community residents, abdominal obesity indices (especially WHtR ≥ 0.53) are better predictors of prevalent ASCVD and its risk factors than BMI.
Fan et al. (2016) studied this question.
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