Cardiometabolic risk factors and obesity: does it matter whether BMI or waist circumference is the index of obesity?

Separate and combined associations of body-mass index and abdominal adiposity with cardiovascular disease: collaborative analysis of 58 prospective studies

(2011) The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration   LANCET

Comparison of the associations of body mass index and measures of central adiposity and fat mass with coronary heart disease, diabetes, and all-cause mortality: a study using data from 4 UK cohorts

(2010) Amy E Taylor et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Waist versus weight—which matters more for mortality?

(2009) Steven C Moore   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Estimates of excess deaths associated with body mass index and other anthropometric variables

(2009) Katherine M Flegal et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Harmonizing the Metabolic Syndrome

(2009) K.G.M.M. Alberti et al.   CIRCULATION

Body mass index and waist circumference predict both 10-year nonfatal and fatal cardiovascular disease risk: study conducted in 20 000 Dutch men and women aged 20–65 years

(2009) van Dis Ineke et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION

Comparison of Waist Circumference Versus Body Mass Index in Diagnosing Metabolic Syndrome and Identifying Apparently Healthy Subjects at Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

(2008) Marno Celeste Ryan et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY