Is fat-to-lean mass ratio a better predictor of heart variability than body mass index?

• Auteurs principaux: Piyush Aggarwal (Auteur), Saranya Kuppusamy (Auteur), Praveen Prakash (Auteur), Senthilkumar Subramanian (Auteur), Jean Fredrick (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: Body mass index (BMI) may not accurately predict cardiometabolic risk due to confounders like age, gender, relatively high lean mass, and the "thin-fat phenotype" prevalent in south Asian populations. Fat-to-lean mass ratio (FTLM), which assesses the balance between fat and lea...