Waist circumference does not improve established cardiovascular disease risk prediction modeling

• Matthew W. Nelms,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3023-3708

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• Andrew G. Day,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston General Health Research Institute, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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• Xuemei Sui,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Steven N. Blair,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Robert Ross

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rossr@queensu.ca

  Affiliations School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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