Waist circumference does not improve established cardiovascular disease risk prediction modeling.

Despite considerable evidence demonstrating that waist circumference (WC) is independently associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and/or all-cause mortality, whether the addition of WC improves risk prediction models is unclear. The objective was to evaluate the improvement in risk prediction...

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Main Authors: Matthew W Nelms, Andrew G Day, Xuemei Sui, Steven N Blair, Robert Ross
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240214