A New Body Shape Index Predicts Mortality Hazard Independently of Body Mass Index

Nir Y. Krakauer; Jesse C. Krakauer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039504

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A New Body Shape Index Predicts Mortality Hazard Independently of Body Mass Index

Nir Y. Krakauer ,

* E-mail: nkrakauer@ccny.cuny.edu

Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering, The City College of New York, New York, New York, United States of America
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Jesse C. Krakauer

Affiliation Middletown Medical, Middletown, New York, United States of America
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A New Body Shape Index Predicts Mortality Hazard Independently of Body Mass Index

Nir Y. Krakauer,
Jesse C. Krakauer

Published: July 18, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039504

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charts for CVD risk assessment

Posted by WaistWatcher on 21 Dec 2012 at 06:47 GMT

There are two very popular charts around for CVD risk assessment, the weight-to-height chart and the waist-to-height chart. Now maybe there could be a combined chart, waist-to-weight-and-height or waist-to-BMI.

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