Indicators of Abdominal Adiposity and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: Results from the Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brazil).
Michaela EickembergLeila Denise Alves Ferreira AmorimMaria da Conceição Chagas de AlmeidaEstela Maria Leão de AquinoMaria de Jesus Mendes da FonsecaItamar de Souza SantosDora ChorMaria de Fátima Sander DinizSandhi Maria BarretoSheila Maria Alvim de MatosPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (2019)
Abdominal adiposity, identified through WC, WHR, LAP, and VAI, was associated with CIMT in both genders, mainly for the traditional anthropometric indicator, WC.