… with obesity are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (… compared with people with a
healthy body mass index (BMI).5 6 … adiposity, such as waist circumference and waist-hip ratio.7 …

… 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 …

… that BMI-classified overweight or obesity is associated with a … heart failure, coronary heart
disease, angina/angina pectoris, … , where obesity appears to be beneficial for survival among …

… pre-obesity was associated with the greatest survival benefit. … obesity and risk of myocardial
infarction or heart failure was … Abdominal obesity was defined as waist circumference ≥90 …

… obesity paradox states that patients with higher body mass … Survival curves for cardiovascular
death, all‐cause death, MI, … We also assessed waist circumference, which was strongly …

… phenotype of obesity compared with either waist circumference or … coronary heart disease
and congestive heart failure. … We adjusted the survival comparison among groups using the …

… While obesity is a strong risk factor for heart failure, even … , overweight and mild-to-moderately
obese patients survive … In particular, evaluation of skinfolds, waist circumference, …

… body mass index (BMI). We aimed to investigate the association between obesity (defined by
BMI and abdominal … association of obesity, defined by BMI versus waist circumference, with …

… Although high body mass index (BMI) is a risk factor of heart failure (… , was associated with
improved survival rate. Despite … In a clinical setting, waist circumference has been applied as …

… 1c , and percent change in systolic BP. BMI indicates body mass index; BP, blood pressure;
CRF, cardiorespiratory fitness; CVD, cardiovascular disease; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; …