Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Although body mass index (BMI) is commonly used to assess risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), there is an obvious need for prospective studies of different ethnics to evaluate the predicting power of various obesity variables for CVD outcomes.Methods: The study population consisted of 1931 men aged ≥40 years free of CVD at baseline. After a median follow up of 7.6 years, 254 CVD events occurred. Demographic data were collected at base...