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Body adiposity index and all‐cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in men
Author(s) -
MolinerUrdiales Diego,
Artero Enrique G.,
Lee Duckchul,
EspañaRomero Vanesa,
Sui Xuemei,
Blair Steven N.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.438
H-Index - 199
eISSN - 1930-739X
pISSN - 1930-7381
DOI - 10.1002/oby.20399
Subject(s) - medicine , waist , cardiorespiratory fitness , hazard ratio , body mass index , confidence interval , confounding , demography , sociology
Objective To evaluate the association of body adiposity index (BAI) with all‐cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality risk. Design and Methods The current analysis comprised 19,756 adult men who enrolled in the Aerobics Centre Longitudinal Study and completed a baseline examination during 1988‐2002. All‐cause and CVD mortality was registered till December 31, 2003. Results During an average follow‐up of 8.3 years (163,844 man‐years), 353 deaths occurred (101 CVD deaths). Age‐ and examination year‐adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) for all‐cause mortality risk were higher for men with high values of BMI (HR = 1.63, 95% CI = 1.19‐2.23), waist circumference (1.55, 1.22‐1.96), and percentage of body fat (%BF) (1.36, 1.04‐1.31), but not for men with high values of BAI (1.28, 0.98‐1.66). The HRs for CVD mortality risks were higher for men with high values in all adiposity measures (HRs ranged from 1.73 to 2.06). Most of these associations, however, became nonsignificant after adjusting for multiple confounders including cardiorespiratory fitness. Conclusion BAI is not a better predictor of all‐cause and CVD mortality risk than BMI, waist circumference, or %BF.