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Association of relative fat mass (RFM) index with diabetes-related mortality and heart disease mortality.
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Abstract
Although studies have examined the association of the Relative Fat Mass (RFM, a novel anthropometric index used as a surrogate for whole-body fat percentage) with all-cause mortality, the association of RFM with diabetes-related mortality and heart disease mortality has not been thoroughly investigated. In addition, no study has compared the associations of RFM and waist circumference (a surrogate for intra-abdominal fat) with cause-specific mortality and all-cause mortality. In the present study, we addressed these knowledge gaps. We used data from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2018. NHANES III was used for validation. Analyses included 46,535 adults (mean age 46.5 years). During a median follow-up time of 9.7 years, 6,101 participants died (743 from diabetes; 1,514 from heart disease). Compared with BMI and WC, RFM was more strongly associated with diabetes-related mortality in both women and men, adjusting for age, ethnicity, education, and smoking status. All anthropometric measures were similarly strongly associated with heart disease mortality and all-cause mortality. RFM showed greater predictive discrimination of mortality. Similar results were found in NHANES III (n = 14,448). In conclusion, RFM is strongly associated with diabetes-related mortality, heart disease mortality, and all-cause mortality, and outperforms conventional adiposity measures for prediction of mortality.
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