New indexes of body fat distribution and sex-specific risk of total and cause-specific mortality: a prospective cohort study

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[2] Tyson M(2008)General and abdominal adiposity and risk of death in Europe N Engl J Med 359 2105-2120

[3] Egger M(2009)Body-mass index and cause-specific mortality in 900 000 adults: collaborative analyses of 57 prospective studies Lancet 373 1083-1096

[4] Heller RF(2016)Body shape index in comparison with other anthropometric measures in prediction of total and cause-specific mortality J Epidemiol Community Health 70 90-96

[5] Zwahlen M(2012)Body mass index versus waist circumference as predictors of mortality in Canadian adults Int J Obes 36 1450-1454

[6] Pischon T(2010)The predictive value of different measures of obesity for incident cardiovascular events and mortality J Clin Endocrinol Metab 95 1777-1785

[7] Boeing H(2013)Association of all-cause mortality with overweight and obesity using standard body mass index categories: a systematic review and meta-analysis JAMA 309 71-82

[8] Hoffmann K(2011)Body mass index, waist circumference and waist-hip ratio: which is the better discriminator of cardiovascular disease mortality risk?: evidence from an individual-participant meta-analysis of 82 864 participants from nine cohort studies Obes Rev 12 680-687

[9] Bergmann M(2004)The value and limitations of the body mass index (BMI) in the assessment of the health risks of overweight and obesity Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 148 2379-2382

[10] Schulze MB(2006)Relationship between adiposity and body size reveals limitations of BMI Am J Phys Anthropol 129 151-156

[1] Renehan AG(2008)Body-mass index and incidence of cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective observational studies Lancet 371 569-578

[2] Tyson M(2008)General and abdominal adiposity and risk of death in Europe N Engl J Med 359 2105-2120

[3] Egger M(2009)Body-mass index and cause-specific mortality in 900 000 adults: collaborative analyses of 57 prospective studies Lancet 373 1083-1096

[4] Heller RF(2016)Body shape index in comparison with other anthropometric measures in prediction of total and cause-specific mortality J Epidemiol Community Health 70 90-96

[5] Zwahlen M(2012)Body mass index versus waist circumference as predictors of mortality in Canadian adults Int J Obes 36 1450-1454

[6] Pischon T(2010)The predictive value of different measures of obesity for incident cardiovascular events and mortality J Clin Endocrinol Metab 95 1777-1785

[7] Boeing H(2013)Association of all-cause mortality with overweight and obesity using standard body mass index categories: a systematic review and meta-analysis JAMA 309 71-82

[8] Hoffmann K(2011)Body mass index, waist circumference and waist-hip ratio: which is the better discriminator of cardiovascular disease mortality risk?: evidence from an individual-participant meta-analysis of 82 864 participants from nine cohort studies Obes Rev 12 680-687

[9] Bergmann M(2004)The value and limitations of the body mass index (BMI) in the assessment of the health risks of overweight and obesity Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 148 2379-2382

[10] Schulze MB(2006)Relationship between adiposity and body size reveals limitations of BMI Am J Phys Anthropol 129 151-156