Association of Central Obesity With All Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in US Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous data on the association between central obesity and mortality are controversial. The aim of this study was to determine the associations between central obesity, as measured by the waist-to-height ratio (WtHR) and waist circumference (WC), with all cause and cause-specific mortality in U.S. adults.

Methods

The study subjects comprised a nationally representative sample of 33,569 adults >20 years of age who were recruited in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 1999 and 2014. Anthropometric data, including weight, height, and WC, were measured at each of the eight waves using consistent methodology. Death and underlying causes of death were ascertained through 31 December 2015. The association between central obesity and mortality w

SUBMITTER: Huai P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8832149 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature