Association of Normal-Weight Central Obesity With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Postmenopausal Women.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Current public health guidelines for obesity prevention and control focus on promoting a normal body mass index (BMI), rarely addressing central obesity, which is reflected by high waist circumference (WC) and common in the general population. Studies of the association of normal-weight central obesity with long-term health outcomes are sparse.

Objective

To examine associations of normal-weight central obesity with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in postmenopausal women in the United States.

Design, setting, and participants

A nationwide prospective cohort study of 156 624 postmenopausal women enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative at 40 clinical centers in the United States between 1993 and 1998. These women were observed through February 2017. D

SUBMITTER: Sun Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6659146 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature