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healthy body mass index (BMI).5 6 … adiposity, such as waist circumference and waist-hip ratio.7 …

… overweight body mass index range. The summary relative risk for a 10-cm increase in waist
circumference … patients, with improved survival among overweight and obese persons with …

… The majority of studies measure obesity by body mass index, … higher waist circumference
(WC), waist-hip ratio, and waist to … the best survival in a cohort of advanced systolic HF patients …

… describing the obesity paradox used body mass index (BMI) … We used waist circumference
(WC) as a metric of fat mass … obesity and survival in subjects with coronary artery disease: a …

… heart failure, in terms of survival and mortality, in persons who are heavier, as compared with
slimmer persons as measured by the Body Mass Index … ] reported Waist Circumference (WC…

… Obesity is a risk factor for the development of heart failure (HF), but in patients with established
HF a higher body mass index … waist circumference alone. When assessing WHR, not only …

… Survival rates were compared among subgroups using the log… 0.001) and presented with
higher systolic blood pressure (P < … to measure abdominal obesity or body fat content (eg waist …

… a normal weight or, especially, normal body mass index (BMI). … ), typically indirectly measured
using waist circumference (WC) … obesity paradox in men versus women with systolic heart …

… increasing body-mass index (BMI) in ambulatory heart failure … abdominal obesity based on
increased waist circumference (… body fatness in that it does not distinguish between body fat …

… being overweight (body mass index [BMI] ≥25 kg/m 2 ) and … Survival benefit of obesity was
attenuated by 5-yr follow-up. … waist circumference, in this cohort. Alternative measurements of …