Body surface area, height, and body fat percentage as more sensitive risk factors of cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Shucheng SiMarlvin A TewaraXiaokang JiYongchao WangYanxun LiuXiaoyu DaiZhiheng WangXiaokang JiPublished in: Cancer medicine (2020)
BSA, height, and BFP have more sensitivity in assessing cancer risk and BFP shows the largest hazard ratios for CVD incident. We provided valuable evidence for the application of height, BSA, and BFP in routine healthcare practice. These encouraging findings should be tested in more well-defined studies for risk prediction.
Keyphrases
- cardiovascular disease
- body mass index
- healthcare
- risk factors
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- type diabetes
- squamous cell
- clinical practice
- cardiovascular events
- quality improvement
- coronary artery disease
- cardiovascular risk factors
- metabolic syndrome
- young adults
- childhood cancer
- health insurance
- affordable care act