Association of waist circumference with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in diabetes from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2018
Bin Song,
Huizhong Ji,
Xuehui Li
et al.
Abstract:Introduction: In diabetes mellitus (DM), the relationship between waist circumference (WC) and mortality is scarce. Herein, we explored all-cause and cardiovascular mortality relationships with the baseline WC among individuals with DM.
Methods: US adults with DM (3151 women and 3473 men) from NHANES 2003-2018 who had WC measurement at the baseline were included. The national death index was employed to obtain their survival data from the enrollment till 2019. The mortality risk was calculated using multivaria… Show more
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