Effect of Age on the Association Between Waist-to-Height Ratio and Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease: The Suita Study

BACKGROUND: Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) has been shown to be a useful screening tool for metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease (CVD). We investigated the association of WHtR with CVD incidence by age group. METHODS: We conducted a 13.0-year cohort study of Japanese adults (2600 men and 2888...

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Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japan Epidemiological Association 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3775529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23812103
http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20130004

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3775529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23812103
http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20130004

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