Midlife BMI and A Body Shape Index in relation to mortality and coronary heart disease events in a nationwide cohort

BackgroundObesity is a known cardiovascular risk factor. A Body Shape Index (ABSI) is a waist circumference (WC)-based measure of abdominal obesity, independent of Body Mass Index (BMI). We examined the independent and joint associations of ABSI and BMI with long-term mortality and coronary heart disease (CHD) events among initially young to middle-aged adults.MethodsParticipants (n = 2,225) we...