A prospective study of waist circumference trajectories and incident cardiovascular disease in China: the Kailuan Cohort Study.

CONCLUSIONS: WC trajectory patterns were associated with altered risk of CVD among Chinese adults, even among people without BMI-defined obesity. When stratifying by age, the association was observed to be higher in younger adults.
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Source: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - December 17, 2020 Category: Nutrition Authors: Wang L, Lee Y, Wu Y, Zhang X, Jin C, Huang Z, Wang Y, Wang Z, Kris-Etherton P, Wu S, Gao X Tags: Am J Clin Nutr Source Type: research