Title |
A New Body Shape Index Predicts Mortality Hazard Independently of Body Mass Index
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, July 2012
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0039504 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Nir Y. Krakauer, Jesse C. Krakauer |
Abstract |
Obesity, typically quantified in terms of Body Mass Index (BMI) exceeding threshold values, is considered a leading cause of premature death worldwide. For given body size (BMI), it is recognized that risk is also affected by body shape, particularly as a marker of abdominal fat deposits. Waist circumference (WC) is used as a risk indicator supplementary to BMI, but the high correlation of WC with BMI makes it hard to isolate the added value of WC. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 18 | 14% |
Mexico | 16 | 12% |
Netherlands | 11 | 8% |
United Kingdom | 8 | 6% |
Colombia | 4 | 3% |
Canada | 4 | 3% |
France | 3 | 2% |
Ecuador | 3 | 2% |
Spain | 3 | 2% |
Other | 14 | 11% |
Unknown | 47 | 36% |
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Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 100 | 76% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 19 | 15% |
Scientists | 11 | 8% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | <1% |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 5 | <1% |
United States | 5 | <1% |
Canada | 3 | <1% |
Spain | 2 | <1% |
Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
France | 1 | <1% |
Germany | 1 | <1% |
Russia | 1 | <1% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 489 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
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Researcher | 73 | 14% |
Student > Master | 67 | 13% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 59 | 12% |
Student > Bachelor | 52 | 10% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 33 | 6% |
Other | 109 | 21% |
Unknown | 116 | 23% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 152 | 30% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 48 | 9% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 42 | 8% |
Sports and Recreations | 23 | 5% |
Social Sciences | 21 | 4% |
Other | 78 | 15% |
Unknown | 145 | 28% |