BMI overestimates childhood obesity compared to waist-to-height ratio, study suggests
Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight as a waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.
Theratechnologies CROI Presentation Highlights Limitations of Using BMI to Assess Cardiovascular (CV) Risk in People with HIV
Unsurprisingly, obese individuals (BMI 30-34.9 kg/m 2) had the highest prevalence of EVAF (88%) in the study, followed by class II obese PWH (BMI 35-40 kg/m 2; 69%). However, EVAF was still present in ...
Theratechnologies presents data on limitations of using BMI to assess CV risk
Theratechnologies (THTX) presented data highlighting the limitations of using body mass index alone in assessing cardiovascular risk in people ...
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America's Well-To-Do Have Less Heart Disease Risk
Well-to-do and better-educated Americans have far lower rates of heart disease than the rest of the population, a ...