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Assessing the relationship between a body shape index and mortality in a group of middle-aged men.
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Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) [Clin Nutr] 2017 Oct; Vol. 36 (5), pp. 1355-1359. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Sep 14. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Background & Aims: Recently, a new anthropometric parameter emerged, namely A Body Shape Index (ABSI), which appears to be a major risk factor for mortality in the American and British populations. To the best of our knowledge, the relationship between ABSI and mortality was not studied previously in the middle-aged Chinese men. Therefore, we assessed the relationship based on a 15-year prospective study.<br />Methods: In an urban community of Chengdu, 780 middle-aged Chinese men were included in 1992 and followed up for 15 years.<br />Results: During the follow-up, 29 subjects died (mortality rate: 3.7%), and ABSI tended to be linearly associated with mortality. The subjects could be categorized into five groups by the quintiles of baseline ABSI, as follows: the first quintile (Q1), the second quintile (Q2), the third quintile (Q3), the fourth quintile (Q4) and the fifth quintile (Q5). Across the quintiles, the mortality rates were 3.8%, 5.3%, 3.0%, 4.7% and 1.9% in Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 and Q5, respectively (p <subscript>trend</subscript>  = 0.386). With the highest quintile (Q5) as reference, univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses presented that ABSI was not associated with mortality.<br />Conclusions: ABSI, a new anthropometric parameter, might not be associated with mortality in the middle-aged Chinese men. Further studies are needed to explore the specificities of ABSI in different populations.<br /> (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. All rights reserved.)
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1532-1983
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27663543
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2016.09.003