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Abstract
Background: The indicators of abdominal obesity have shown to be associated with a high risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), even adjusted for body mass index (BMI). We aimed to investigate the association between neck circumference, waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), Chinese visceral adiposity index (CVAI) and incident heart failure (HF) in Chinese adults.
Methods: The current study included 86,546 participants from two independent cohorts: the Kailuan I study established in 2006 and the Kailuan study II established in 2008. Participants aged 18-80 years who were free of CVDs or cancer were recruited at baseline. The values of neck circumference, WHtR and CVAI were available in 2014. The trajectory analysis was conducted using repeated measures of WHtR and CVAI in the 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014 surveys. The incident HF cases were identified via reviewing medical records by cardiologists.
Results: During a mean follow-up of 5.62 years, 724 incident HF cases were documented. The highest quartiles of neck circumference, WHtR and CVAI respectively, were significantly associated with a high risk of HF compared to the lowest quartiles of adiposity measures (neck circumference: HR:1.30, 95%CI: 1.03-1.65; WHtR: HR:1.49, 95%CI: 1.16-1.92; and CVAI: HR:1.98, 95%CI: 1.48-2.65). The combination of adiposity measures with BMI or metabolic abnormalities jointly predicted incident HF. Presence of hypertension and diabetes appeared to be the major mediators, accounting for ∼ 8.11-24.7% of the associations between three indicators of abdominal obesity and HF risk.
Conclusion: The new indices of abdominal adiposity could help to identify those who were at a high risk of HF, especially in the presence of high BMI or metabolic abnormalities.
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Nutrition Journal publishes surveillance, epidemiologic, and intervention research that sheds light on i) influences (e.g., familial, environmental) on eating patterns; ii) associations between eating patterns and health, and iii) strategies to improve eating patterns among populations. The journal also welcomes manuscripts reporting on the psychometric properties (e.g., validity, reliability) and feasibility of methods (e.g., for assessing dietary intake) for human nutrition research. In addition, study protocols for controlled trials and cohort studies, with an emphasis on methods for assessing dietary exposures and outcomes as well as intervention components, will be considered.
Manuscripts that consider eating patterns holistically, as opposed to solely reductionist approaches that focus on specific dietary components in isolation, are encouraged. Also encouraged are papers that take a holistic or systems perspective in attempting to understand possible compensatory and differential effects of nutrition interventions. The journal does not consider animal studies.
In addition to the influence of eating patterns for human health, we also invite research providing insights into the environmental sustainability of dietary practices. Again, a holistic perspective is encouraged, for example, through the consideration of how eating patterns might maximize both human and planetary health.