Total and regional adiposity measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and mortality in NHANES 1999-2006.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Associations of overall and regional body fat measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry with total and cause-specific mortality in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2006 were investigated.

Methods

This study included 9,471 participants (≥20 years) free of major chronic diseases at baseline. Death information was obtained from the National Death Index (mean follow-up duration: 8.8 years).

Results

A total of 682 participants died after 12 months since baseline, with 206 and 170 deaths attributed to cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and cancer, respectively. The second quartile of fat mass percentages (FM%) was used as the reference to account for potential nonlinearity. In the multivariate-adjusted model, participants in the hig

SUBMITTER: Zong G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5117479 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature