Body roundness index outperforms body mass index in predicting 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk: Evidence from a health screening cohort in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the association between body roundness index (BRI) and 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk and to compare its predictive performance with body mass index (BMI).

Methods

We included 13,086 adults aged 40-79 years undergoing health examinations in Taiwan between 2012 and 2019. ASCVD risk was estimated using the ACC/AHA Pooled Cohort Equations. Ordinal logistic regression assessed associations, and receiver operating characteristic curves compared the predictive performance of BRI and BMI.

Results

Higher BRI was significantly associated with increased ASCVD risk. In the multivariable ordinal logistic regression model, each one-unit increase in BRI was associated with an adjusted odds ratio of 1.58 (95 % CI: 1.54, 1.63) for hi

SUBMITTER: Wang CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12670104 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature