Combined Influence of Waist and Hip Circumference on Risk of Death in a Large Cohort of European and Australian Adults

Combined Influence of Waist and Hip Circumference on Risk of Death in a Large Cohort of European and Australian Adults

Background Waist circumference and hip circumference are both strongly associated with risk of death; however, their joint association has rarely been investigated. Methods and Results The MONICA Risk, Genetics, Archiving, and Monograph (MORGAM) Project was conducted in 30 cohorts from 11 countries;...

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Main Authors: Adrian J. Cameron, Helena Romaniuk, Liliana Orellana, Jean Dallongeville, Annette J. Dobson, Wojciech Drygas, Marco Ferrario, Jean Ferrieres, Simona Giampaoli, Francesco Gianfagna, Licia Iacoviello, Pekka Jousilahti, Frank Kee, Marie Moitry, Teemu J. Niiranen, Andrzej Pająk, Luigi Palmieri, Tarja Palosaari, Männistö Satu, Abdonas Tamosiunas, Barbara Thorand, Ulla Toft, Diego Vanuzzo, Salomaa Veikko, Giovanni Veronesi, Tom Wilsgaard, Kari Kuulasmaa, Stefan Söderberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-07-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
hip circumference
mortality
obesity
waist circumference
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.015189

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