Back to search

Article

Sagittal abdominal diameter and waist circumference are equally good as identifiers of cardiometabolic risk

2019-04-05

Abstract excerpt

<h4>Background</h4> Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) are commonly used markers of cardiometabolic risk. However, sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD) has been proposed to be a better marker of intra-abdominal obesity compared to WC and might better associate with metabolic disturbances in high-risk populations. The objective of this study was to compare SAD, WC, and BMI as determinants of an advers...

Topics

Open a Topic to create a Post that cites this publication.

Identifiers and source

Literature Corpus work
8395b49f-9463-5307-a9a7-62fac41aff58
DOI
10.1101/598078
Open publication

Related research

Semantic proximity does not establish scientific evidence.

Click a neighbor to travelStep 1 · 12 closest
Interactive article relationship graphSelect a related publication card to move it into the centre and load its closest explainable connections. Solid lines are source-backed structured connections. Dashed lines are semantic discovery signals and are not scientific evidence.
Sagittal abdominal diameter and waist circumference are equally good as identifiers of cardiometabolic riskDOI 10.1101/598078
Select a neighboring publication to make it the new centre.