Does lean body mass equal health despite body mass index?

To determine the association between having simultaneously high body mass index (BMI) and high relative lean body mass (LBM) and cardio-metabolic risk factors, metabolic syndrome (MetS), and diabetes in adults.A cross-sectional analysis was performed on 4982 adults aged 19-85 years that participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (cycles 1999-2000-2005-2006). The primary exposure variable was categorization into four...