Predictive ability of six obesity measures to identify 7-year fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events: A population-based cohort study

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcrp.2022.200142
• Publication Date: 2022-07-01T09:04:37Z
• Authors: Nima Motamed; Farzin Roozafzai; Mahmood Reza Khoo...; Mojtaba Malek; Alborz Mahdavi; Mansooreh Maadi; Maral Ahmadi; Mohammad Hadi Kar...; Mohammad Reza Babaei; Fahimeh Safarnezh...; Amir Hossein Faraji; Mehdi Nikkhah; Ramin Ebrahimi; Hossein Ajdarkosh; Farhad Zamani
• Keywords: Abdominal obesity; Dyslipidemia

Globally, most people die from cardiovascular diseases. We aimed to compare predictive ability of six obesity indices, including body mass index, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height conicity and abdominal volume identify at risk fatal non-fatal events, in a cohort study.