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Prediction of Mortality with A Body Shape Index in Young Asians: Comparison with Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference
Author(s) -
Lee DaYoung,
Lee MiYeon,
Sung KiChul
Publication year - 2018
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.22193
Subject(s) - waist , circumference , body mass index , body shape index , body volume index , index (typography) , medicine , body adiposity index , waist to height ratio , mass index , body height , demography , body weight , classification of obesity , mathematics , fat mass , geometry , sociology , world wide web , computer science
Objective This paper investigated the impact of A Body Shape Index (ABSI) on the risk of all‐cause mortality compared with the impact of waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI). Methods This paper reviewed data of 213,569 Korean adults who participated in health checkups between 2002 and 2012 at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital in Seoul, Korea. A multivariate Cox proportional hazard analysis was performed on the BMI, WC, and ABSI z score continuous variables as well as quintiles. Results During 1,168,668.7 person‐years, 1,107 deaths occurred. As continuous variables, a significant positive relationship with the risk of all‐cause death was found only in ABSI z scores after adjustment for age, sex, current smoking, alcohol consumption, regular exercise, presence of diabetes or hypertension, and history of cardiovascular diseases. In Cox analysis of quintiles, quintile 5 of the ABSI z score showed significantly increased hazard ratios (HRs) for mortality risk (HR [95% CI] was 1.32 [1.05‐1.66]), whereas the risk for all‐cause mortality, on the other hand, decreased in quintiles 3 through 5 of BMI and WC compared with their first quintiles after adjusting for several confounders. Conclusions This study showed that the predictive value of ABSI for mortality risk was strong for a sample of young Asian participants and that its usefulness was better than BMI or WC.