Prospective Cohort Study of Central Adiposity and Risk of Death in Middle Aged and Elderly Chinese.

Prospective Cohort Study of Central Adiposity and Risk of Death in Middle Aged and Elderly Chinese.

Asians have high prevalence of central obesity despite the low prevalence of general obesity. We evaluated associations between the central obesity measure, waist-hip ratio (WHR) with total and cause-specific mortality in middle-aged and elderly Chinese participants. Data arise from two prospective...

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Main Authors: Shaneda Warren Andersen, Xiao-Ou Shu, Yu-Tang Gao, Xianglan Zhang, Hui Cai, Gong Yang, Hong-Lan Li, Yong-Bing Xiang, Wei Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4574311?pdf=render

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