Central fatness and risk of all cause mortality: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of 72 prospective cohort studies

A Jayedi, S Soltani, MS Zargar, TA Khan, S Shab-Bidar - Bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Objective To quantify the association of indices of central obesity, including waist
circumference, hip circumference, thigh circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height …

Sex differences in genomic drivers of adipose distribution and related cardiometabolic disorders: opportunities for precision medicine

HS Lumish, M O'Reilly, MP Reilly - … , thrombosis, and vascular …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
This review focuses on the human genetics, epidemiology, and molecular pathophysiology
of sex differences in central obesity, adipose distribution, and related cardiometabolic …

[HTML][HTML] A Body Shape Index (ABSI) achieves better mortality risk stratification than alternative indices of abdominal obesity: results from a large European cohort

S Christakoudi, KK Tsilidis, DC Muller, H Freisling… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abdominal and general adiposity are independently associated with mortality, but there is
no consensus on how best to assess abdominal adiposity. We compared the ability of …

[HTML][HTML] Causal relationships between obesity and the leading causes of death in women and men

JC Censin, SAE Peters, J Bovijn, T Ferreira… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Obesity traits are causally implicated with risk of cardiometabolic diseases. It remains
unclear whether there are similar causal effects of obesity traits on other non-communicable …

[HTML][HTML] Anthropometric indices and cut-off points in the diagnosis of metabolic disorders

S Głuszek, E Ciesla, M Głuszek-Osuch, D Kozieł… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Objective Identifying metabolic disorders at the earliest phase of their development allows
for an early intervention and the prevention of serious consequences of diseases. However …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation-based biomarkers of age acceleration and all-cause death, myocardial infarction, stroke, and cancer in two cohorts: the NAS, and KORA F4

C Wang, W Ni, Y Yao, A Just, J Heiss, Y Wei, X Gao… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background DNA methylation (DNAm) may play a role in age-related outcomes. It is not yet
known which DNAm-based biomarkers of age acceleration (BoAA) has the strongest …

Body mass index—BMI

WHO - 2018 - whyiexercise.com
Body mass index (BMI): Find your healthy weight -Why I exercise whyiexercise.com Menu
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[HTML][HTML] Obesity, body composition, and sex hormones: implications for cardiovascular risk

P Singh, N Covassin, K Marlatt, KM Gadde… - Comprehensive …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be the leading cause of death in adults,
highlighting the need to develop novel strategies to mitigate cardiovascular risk. The …

Development of data mining algorithms for identifying the best anthropometric predictors for cardiovascular disease: MASHAD cohort study

A Mansoori, ZS Hosseini, RK Ahari, M Poudineh… - High Blood Pressure & …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Many studies have been published to assess the best anthropometric
measurements associated with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), but controversies still exist …

Association between hyperuricemia and nontraditional adiposity indices

XZ Liu, HH Li, S Huang, DB Zhao - Clinical Rheumatology, 2019 - Springer
Background The association between several novel adiposity indices and hyperuricemia is
inconclusive. Therefore, we aimed to investigate this association so as to provide theoretical …