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Anthropometric indicators and cardiovascular diseases risk in pre-diabetic and diabetic adults: NHANES 1999–2018 cross-sectional analysis

Experimental Gerontology
Background: Since cardiovascular disease (CVD) stands as the primary cause of death in those with diabetes, and given the substantial influence of obesity as a common risk factor for both diabetes and atherosclerotic conditions, this investigation sought
Yi He, Lingfeng Shi
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Association between weight-adjusted-waist index and risk of cardiovascular diseases in United States adults: a cross-sectional study

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2023
Background As a new obesity-related index, the weight-adjusted-waist index (WWI) appears to be a good predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in East Asian populations.
Haiyang Fang, Feng Xie, Kai Li, Meng Li, Yanqing Wu   +4 more
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Association of weight-adjusted waist index with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in individuals with osteoarthritis. [PDF]

BMC Musculoskelet Disord
Abstract Background The Weight-Adjusted waist index (WWI) is a novel obesity assessment parameter that has been shown to be associated with mortality in various chronic disease populations and is also linked to the onset of osteoarthritis (OA).
Guo S, Chen D, Zhang Y, Cao K, Xia Y, Yang D.   +5 more
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Association between weight-adjusted waist index and periodontitis: A population-based study

PLOS ONE
Objective This study aims to examine the association between the Weight-adjusted Waist Circumference Index (WWI) and the prevalence of periodontitis, providing novel evidence on the link between central obesity and periodontal health. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted with 10,289 participants enrolled from NHANES 2009 to 2014.
Lihan Xu, Yuntao Liu, Chenchen Zhao, Jiaying Wang, Haojing Zhou   +4 more
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Association analysis of weight-adjusted waist index with hypertension and its subtypes

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundHypertension is a leading global risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, with notable regional differences in China. The weight-adjusted waist index (WWI), a novel indicator of central obesity, shows potential in assessing health risks but its
Lincong Wu, Yixin Ouyang, Yangxue Li, Yang Lu, Changgui Kou, Bin Liu, Junduo Wu   +6 more
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Long-term risk of incident type 2 diabetes and measures of overall and regional obesity: the EPIC-InterAct case-cohort study [PDF]

, 2012
Background Waist circumference (WC) is a simple and reliable measure of fat distribution that may add to the prediction of type 2 diabetes (T2D), but previous studies have been too small to reliably quantify the relative and absolute risk of future ...
Balkau, B, Key, Timothy, Romieu, I, Edith J M Feskens, Franks, Paul W,, Franks, Paul W., Panico, S, Amalia Mattiello, Spijkerman, AMW, Beulens, Joline W. J., Spranger, Joachim, Palli, Domenico, Tjonnel, Anne, Huerta, José María, Nicola D Kerrison, Goran Hallmans, van der Schouw, Yvonne T, Palla, L, Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. Bas, Mattiello, Amalia, Feskens, E.J.M., Schulze, MB, Hallmans, G, Sacerdote, Carlotta, Sharp, SJ, María-José Sánchez, Langenberg, C, Panico, Salvatore, Slimani, Nadia, Carlos A Gonzalez, Spijkerman, Annemieke M W, Forouhi, Nita G., Matthias B Schulze, Domenico Palli, Slimani, N, Rolandsson, O, Langenberg, Claudia, Larraitz Arriola, Feskens, Edith J. M., Teresa Norat, Clavel-Chapelon, F, Sara Grioni, J Ramón Quirós, Paul W Franks, Nilsson, Peter, Daphne, L van der A, Grioni, Sara, Birgit Teucher, Palla, Luigi, Khaw, KT, Dagmar Drogan, Crowe, FL, Arriola, Larraitz, H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Wareham, Nicholas J, Hallmans, Göran, Quirós, J. Ramón, Spijkerman, Annemieke M.W., Stephen J Sharp, Riboli, E, Tormo, M-J, Riboli, Elio, Nadia Slimani, Tumino, Rosario, Halkjaer, Jytte, Key, Timothy J, van der A, DL, Norat, T, Ardanaz, Eva, Tormo, Maria Jose, Françoise Clavel-Chapelon, Nilsson, P, Gonzalez, Carlos A., Crowe, Francesca L., Rolandsson, Olov, Maria-Jose Tormo, Overvad, Kim, Daphne L van der A, Overvad, K, Sanchez-Perez, Maria-Jose, Sacerdote, C, Timothy J Key, Luigi Palla, van der Schouw, YT, Sánchez, MJ, Tormo, Maria-Jose, Annemieke M W Spijkerman, Spijkerman, AM, Beulens, Joline W J, Boeing, Heiner, Crowe, Francesca L, Sánchez, María José, Bueno-de-Mesquita, HB, Teucher, B, Tjonneland, Anne, Spranger, J, Nicholas J Wareham, Claudia Langenberg, Palli, D, Huerta, JM, Beulens, JW, Bueno-de-Mesquita, H Bas, Key, Timothy J., Heiner Boeing, Sluijs, I, Key, TJ, van der Schouw, Yvonne T., Langenberg, C., Kerrison, Nicola D., Drogan, D, Quirós, JR, Kay Tee Khaw, Ivonne Sluijs, Rudolf Kaaks, Forouhi, Nita G, Francesca L Crowe, Sanchez, M-J, Lund University., Kaaks, Rudolf, Carlotta Sacerdote, Anne Tjonneland, Nilsson, Peter,, Bueno-de-Mesquita, Bas, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Beulens, Joline W.J., Elio Riboli, Rosario Tumino, Boeing, H, Ardanaz, E, Mattiello, A, Drogan, Dagmar, Clavel-Chapelon, Francoise, Eva Ardanaz, van der, A. Daphne L., Hallmans, Göran,, Gonzalez, Carlos A, InterAct Consortium, Tormo, MJ, Spijkerman, Annemieke M. W., Olov Rolandsson, Franks, Paul, Wareham, NJ, Romaguera, D, José María Huerta, Feskens, Edith JM, Nita G Forouhi, Sharp, Stephen J, Daphne, L. van der A., Maria Huerta, J, Beverley Balkau, Blandine de Lauzon-Guillan, de Lauzon-Guillan, Blandine, Schulze, Matthias B., Halkjaer, J, Balkau, Beverley, Daphne, LVDA, Arriola, L, Spijkerman, Annemieke MW, Kim Overvad, Feskens, Edith J M, Grioni, S, Kerrison, ND, Romieu, Isabelle, Dora Romaguera, Wareham, Nicholas J., Salvatore Panico, Forouhi, NG, de Lauzon-Guillan, B, Peter Nilsson, Schulze, Matthias B, van der A, Daphne L, Feskens, EJM, Franks, Paul,, Beulens, JWJ, Ramon Quiros, J, Kerrison, Nicola D, Isabelle Romieu, Feskens, Edith J.M., Teucher, Birgit, Quirós, J Ramón, Franks, Paul W, Norat, Teresa, Khaw, Kay Tee, Jytte Halkjaer, Sanchez, Maria-Jose, Tjonneland, A, Joline W J Beulens, Franks, PW, Joachim Spranger, Ramon Quiros, J., Tumino, R, Gonzalez, CA, Sharp, Stephen J., Maria Huerta, Jose, Kaaks, R, Romaguera, Dora, Rolandsson, Olov,, Feskens, EJ, Beulens, Joline WJ, Sluijs, Ivonne   +199 more
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Association between weight-adjusted-waist index and chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study

BMC Nephrology, 2023
Aims We aimed to investigate the potential association between weight-adjusted-waist index (WWI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Design and methods This research examined data collected from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
Xiaowan Li, Lanyu Wang, Hongyi Zhou, Hongyang Xu   +3 more
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The public health impact of obesity [PDF]

, 2001
The prevalence of obesity (severe overweight) has been increasing in western societies during the last decades. Epidemiological studies to the public health impact of obesity are therefore warranted.
Visscher, T.L.S.
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Nonlinear association between weight-adjusted-waist index and colorectal cancer in adults

Critical Public Health
Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains a major global health burden, with increasing incidence among younger adults. Obesity and visceral fat accumulation are known contributors to CRC risk, yet conventional anthropometric indices have limitations in accurately
Pinggang Ding, Zhengjiu Cui, Xin Liu, Lu Wang, Zhimin Fan   +4 more
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Weight-adjusted waist index predicts metabolic syndrome in Caucasian patients with obesity

Nutrición Hospitalaria
Background and aims: the usefulness of the weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) among persons with metabolic syndrome (MS) has not been previously evaluated. The objective of this study was to evaluate the ability of WWI to predict MS in a Caucasian population with obesity.
de Luis,Daniel, Primo,David, Izaola,Olatz, Rico,Daniel, López-Gómez,Juan José   +4 more
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