Open AccessAbdominal Obesity and the Risk of All-Cause, Cardiovascular, and Cancer Mortality
Author(s) -
Cuilin Zhang,
Kathryn M. Rexrode,
Rob M. van Dam,
Tricia Y. Li,
Frank B. Hu
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.107.739714
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal obesity , obesity , cancer , cause of death , diabetes mellitus , intensive care medicine , disease , metabolic syndrome , endocrinology
Accumulating evidence indicates that abdominal adiposity is positively related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and some other diseases independently of overall adiposity. However, the association of premature death resulting from these diseases with abdominal adiposity has not been widely studied, and findings are inconsistent.
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