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Summary: In this study of Mexican adults, abdominal adiposity (especially the waist-height ratio) was strongly and positively associated with vascular-metabolic mortality, while higher hip circumference was associated with lower vascular-metabolic mortality for a given amount of general and abdominal adiposity.
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Summary: This study comprehensively assesses the association between adiposity indices and all-cause mortality among centenarians. The results show that BMI and BRI are inversely linearly associated with mortality risk in the whole population, while BRI exhibits a J-shaped curve in women. Further research and development of optimal weight recommendations for centenarians are needed.
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