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- Title
Waist circumference adjusted for body mass index and intra-abdominal fat mass.
- Authors
Berentzen, Tina Landsvig; Ängquist, Lars; Kotronen, Anna; Borra, Ronald; Yki-Järvinen, Hannele; Iozzo, Patricia; Parkkola, Riitta; Nuutila, Pirjo; Ross, Robert; Allison, David B; Heymsfield, Steven B; Overvad, Kim; Sørensen, Thorkild I A; Jakobsen, Marianne Uhre
- Abstract
The association between waist circumference (WC) and mortality is particularly strong and direct when adjusted for body mass index (BMI). One conceivable explanation for this association is that WC adjusted for BMI is a better predictor of the presumably most harmful intra-abdominal fat mass (IAFM) than WC alone. We studied the prediction of abdominal subcutaneous fat mass (ASFM) and IAFM by WC alone and by addition of BMI as an explanatory factor.
- Publication
PloS one, 2012, Vol 7, Issue 2, pe32213
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0032213