Association between anthropometric indicators of obesity and cardiovascular risk factors among adults in Shanghai, China

• Main Authors: Yue Zhang (Author), Yi'an Gu (Author), Na Wang (Author), Qi Zhao (Author), Nawi Ng (Author), Ruiping Wang (Author), Xiaoyan Zhou (Author), Yonggen Jiang (Author), Weibing Wang (Author), Genming Zhao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background To determine the optimal cut-off values and evaluate the associations of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-height ratio (WHtR) with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. Methods A large-scale cross-sectional survey was conducted among 35,256 adults ag...