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Journal of the American Heart Association

Beyond Body Mass Index: Body Roundness Index, Inflammation, and Death

By Donna Shu-Han Lin, Su-Kiat Chua, Jen-Kuang Lee
Cohort study of 341,336 peopleBiomarkers
Paper
  • Inflammation
  • Body mass index
  • Body roundness index
  • C-reactive protein
  • Humans

The paper

Donna Shu-Han Lin, Su-Kiat Chua, Jen-Kuang Lee

Shin Kong WHS Memorial Hospital; National Taiwan University

Journal of the American Heart Association, 27 Aug 2026

doi.org/10.1161/jaha.125.048324PubMed 42657751

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