| Title |
Differences between Adiposity Indicators for Predicting All-Cause Mortality in a Representative Sample of United States Non-Elderly Adults
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0050428 |
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| Authors |
Henry S. Kahn, Kai McKeever Bullard, Lawrence E. Barker, Giuseppina Imperatore |
| Abstract |
Adiposity predicts health outcomes, but this relationship could depend on population characteristics and adiposity indicator employed. In a representative sample of 11,437 US adults (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994, ages 18-64) we estimated associations with all-cause mortality for body mass index (BMI) and four abdominal adiposity indicators (waist circumference [WC], waist-to-height ratio [WHtR], waist-to-hip ratio [WHR], and waist-to-thigh ratio [WTR]). In a fasting subsample we considered the lipid accumulation product (LAP; [WC enlargement*triglycerides]). |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 55 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 9 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 13 | 22% |
| Unknown | 13 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 29% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 8% |
| Sports and Recreations | 4 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 10 | 17% |
| Unknown | 17 | 29% |