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

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: 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 t...

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Autores principales: Ofstad, Anne Pernille, Sommer, Christine, Birkeland, Kåre I, Bjørgaas, Marit Rokne, Gran, Jon Michael, Gulseth, Hanne Løvdal, Johansen, Odd Erik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6760583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30926954
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41366-019-0353-9

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