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Abdominal adiposity is linked to increased mortality in Mexicans.

Health practitioners should consider abdominal adiposity as a significant risk factor for mortality in their assessments.

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Gnatiuc and colleagues' article reported a link between abdominal adiposity and mortality in Mexicans.
Dalton Tidwell et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine · 2020

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The claim is based on a prospective study of 150,000 adults.

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General and Abdominal Adiposity and Mortality in Mexico City

Dalton Tidwell et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine · 2020

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