Novel and traditional anthropometric indices for identifying arterial stiffness in overweight and obese adults

Background Obesity and arterial stiffness are both independently associated with cardiovascular risk. New anthropometric indices can better reflect abdominal obesity than traditional anthropometric indices. Thus, we hypothesized that compared with conventional parameters, these newly developed anthropometric parameters were more accurate to identify arterial stiffness among overweight and obesity population. Methods Cross-sectional data on...