Obesity is characterized by the accumulation of an excessive amount of fat mass (FM) in the
adipose tissue, subcutaneous, or inside certain organs. The risk does not lie so much in the …

Fundamento: A obesidade tem sido apontada como um dos principais fatores de risco para
doenças cardiovasculares. Objetivo: Avaliar a associação da obesidade central com a …

Background: Obesity has been identified as a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
Objective: To evaluate the association of central obesity with the incidence of cardiovascular …

Novel anthropometric indices have been proposed as an alternative to body mass index
(BMI) and waist circumference (WC) to determine visceral adipose tissue and body mass …

Background: The study aimed to investigate the association of Body Roundness Index (BRI),
A Body Shape Index (ABSI), and Conicity Index with nutritional status and cardiovascular …

This study aimed to investigate the performance of innovative and traditional
cardiometabolic indices, including body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) …

The current study is to explore the association of the Chinese visceral adiposity index (CVAI)
with hypertension, and to compare the predictive power of different adiposity indexes …

Background Traditional anthropometric measures, including body mass index (BMI), are
insufficient for evaluating the risk of diabetes. This study aimed to evaluate the performance …

Background Aging of the world population is one of the most significant demographic
changes of our time. Populations older than 60 years are heterogeneous, and age is an …

This cross‐sectional study was conducted to determine the predictive power of
anthropometric indicators and recommend cutoff points to discriminate hypertension among …