Abdominal obesity in Japanese-Brazilians: which measure is best for predicting all-cause and cardiovascular mortality? Obesidade abdominal em nipo-brasileiros: que medida antropométrica tem maior capacidade de predizer a mortalidade geral e por doenças cardiovasculares?

• Main Authors: Marselle Rodrigues Bevilacqua (Author), Suely Godoy Agostinho Gimeno (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study aimed to verify which anthropometric measure of abdominal obesity was the best predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in Japanese-Brazilians. The study followed 1,581 subjects for 14 years. Socio-demographic, lifestyle, metabolic, and anthropometric data were collected. The d...