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BMI category-specific waist circumference thresholds based on cardiovascular disease outcomes and all-cause mortality: Tehran lipid and glucose study (TLGS)

BACKGROUND: Waist circumference (WC), a representative of abdominal visceral fat, is strongly associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its outcomes. We aimed to define body mass index (BMI)-specific WC thresholds as predictors of CVD and all-cause mortality. METHODS: In this prospective coho...

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Autores principales: Seyedhoseinpour, Amirhosein, Barzin, Maryam, Mahdavi, Maryam, Valizadeh, Majid, Azizi, Fereidoun, Ghareh, Sahar, Hosseinpanah, Farhad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10324109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37407928
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16190-w