Does a modified metabolic syndrome definition improve prediction of cardiovascular events and mortality? findings from a 17-year cohort study

Abstract Background Metabolic syndrome (MetS) criteria include central obesity assessed by waist circumference (WC), which may be confounded by body weight. We evaluated whether substituting the weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) for WC improves prediction of long-term cardiovascular disease (CVD) ev...

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الحاوية / القاعدة:Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Fatemeh Sabeti, Davood Shafie, Nasim Kakavand, Mohammad Fakhrolmobasheri, Amirparsa Abhari, Saina Paymannejad, Negin Raei, Maryam Heidarpour, Jamshid Najafian, Maryam Boshtam, Fatemeh Nouri, Nizal Sarrafzadegan
التنسيق: مقال
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: BMC 2025-09-01
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41043-025-01083-y