• Excluded: 194 underweight patients (BMI <18.5 kg/m2)
  • Included: BMI (n = 17,913) and WC (n = 18,023)
  • BMI categories: Normal (18.5 to <25 kg/m2), overweight (25 to <30 kg/m2), and obese (≥30 kg/m2)
  • Abdominal adiposity was assessed using WC: Defined as high if >102 cm (men) and >88 cm (women)
  • A two-sided P value <.05 was considered statistically significant, with no adjustments for multiple comparisons