SEP 10, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Measures of obesity and first atherosclerotic cardiovascular events in stage 0 cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome: Tehran lipid and glucose study
Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
Prospective cohort study with 19.6-year median follow-up, hard clinical endpoint (incident ASCVD), and consistent dose–response relationships across multiple abdominal obesity measures with statistical significance and robust sensitivity analyses.
Reported
Sample size691
Number with incident ASCVD58
Incidence proportion8.4%