Open AccessGender Differences in the Relationship of Waist Circumference to Coronary Artery Lesions and One-Year Re-Admission Among Coronary Artery Disease Patients with Normal Body Mass Index
Author(s) -
Hui Luan,
Yan Song,
Lijuan Cao,
Ping Wang,
Danjun Zhu,
Gang Tian
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.853
H-Index - 43
ISSN - 1178-7007
DOI - 10.2147/dmso.s330194
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , waist , coronary artery disease , dyslipidemia , cardiology , lesion , diabetes mellitus , uric acid , incidence (geometry) , prospective cohort study , disease , surgery , endocrinology , physics , optics
The study explored the association of waist circumference (WC) with the severity of cardiovascular diseases and hospital readmission of coronary artery disease (CAD) patients with normal body mass index (BMI).