Comparison of the associations between non-traditional and traditional indices of adiposity and cardiovascular mortality: an observational study of one million person-years of follow-up
Abstract
The most widely used adiposity index, body mass index (BMI), is not optimal to evaluate cardiovascular (CV) risk associated with overweight and obesity. We aimed to explore the association between traditional and non-traditional adiposity indices and CV mortality, and compare their discriminative ability for CV death. We studied participants (age 19–79 years, BMI ≥18.5 kg/m2) from the population-based Norwegian Nord-Trøndelag Health Study 2...
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Title
Comparison of the associations between non-traditional and traditional indices of adiposity and cardiovascular mortality: an observational study of one million person-years of follow-up
Published Date
Mar 29, 2019
Volume
43
Issue
5
Pages
1082 - 1092
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