Authors: Betina Højgaard, Dorte Gyrd-Hansen, Kim Rose Olsen, Jes Søgaard, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002619
Abstract Summary
Waist circumference predicts future healthcare costs better than BMI alone. Danish study of 31,840 adults found that increased abdominal fat raises costs regardless of BMI, while higher BMI showed minimal protective effect only in non-obese women with normal waist size. For cost prediction, waist measurement outperforms combined metrics.
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Waist circumference predicts healthcare costs better than BMI alone. Abdominal fat increases costs regardless of BMI, while BMI shows minimal protective effect only in non-obese women with normal waist size.
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