BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Fat score linked to future heart and blood vessel disease
In UK Biobank, high versus low scores were linked to a hazard ratio of 1.63—a relative risk measure—for heart and blood vessel disease.In UK Biobank, high versus low scores were linked to a hazard ratio of 1.63—a relative risk measure—for heart and blood vessel disease.
Cohort studyBiomarkers
Who was studiedPatients with metabolic syndrome, against people with lowest fat scores
What changedHeart and blood vessel disease risk was higher with high versus low fat scores (pooled hazard ratio 1.76)
The catchSelf-reported cardiovascular diagnoses in CHARLS risk recall errors and missed cases