Open AccessA prospective study of waist circumference trajectories and incident cardiovascular disease in China: the Kailuan Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Liang Wang,
Yujin Lee,
Yuntao Wu,
Xinyuan Zhang,
Cheng Jin,
Zhe Huang,
Yixin Wang,
Zhiyi Wang,
Penny M. KrisEtherton,
Shouling Wu,
Xiang Gao
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa331
Subject(s) - waist , medicine , circumference , prospective cohort study , cohort study , cohort , china , disease , obesity , geography , geometry , mathematics , archaeology
Single measurements of waist circumference (WC) predict the incident cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, long-term patterns of WC and their association with the incidence of CVD are poorly characterized.
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