Cardiometabolic Index, BMI, Waist Circumference, and Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity Risk in Older Adults
Setor K. Kunutsor, Jari A. Laukkanen · 2025
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Setor Kunutsor and Jari Laukkanen report a 2025 study that compares three body measures as flags for multiple heart and metabolic diseases in older adults. One measure, the cardiometabolic index, blends a fat ratio with waist to height. The team set it against body mass index and waist size alone.
Data came from 3,348 adults in an English aging study, free of the target diseases at the 2008 to 2009 wave. Over 12 to 15 years, 197 people developed two or more of the conditions. All three measures rose in a straight line with risk. Waist size showed the strongest link, while the new index matched body mass index in effect size.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Setor K. Kunutsor, Jari A. Laukkanen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |