Epidemiological associations between obesity, metabolism and disease risk: are body mass index and waist-hip ratio all you need?
We did not observe sufficient benefits from the more recent body adiposity formulas over body mass index, waist-hip or waist-height ratio to warrant their widespread application in cardiometabolic epidemiology.
Authors
- Andrei Ihanus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9537-7449)
- Ville‐Petteri Mäkinen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-2656)
- Tuulia Tynkkynen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8586-7345)
- Mika Ala‐Korpela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5905-1206)
- Siyu Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3754-4354)
Institutions
- University of Eastern Finland (FI)
- Oulu University of Applied Sciences (FI)
- University of Oulu (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Obesity
- Published
- 2025-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-025-01895-2
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.06
Funders
- Oulun Yliopisto