Cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in relation to various anthropometric measures of obesity in Europeans

Background and aims Cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in relation to various anthropometric measures of obesity is still controversial. Methods and results Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), A Body Shape Index (ABSI) and waist-to-hip-to-height ratio (WHHR) were measured at baseline in a cohort of 46,651 European men and women aged 24–99 years. The relationship between...