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The association between adiposity and cardiovascular events is linear above specific BMI thresholds.

Understanding BMI thresholds can help in assessing cardiovascular risk.

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The epidemiological links between adiposity and incident cardiovascular events have been known for many years, with risks increasing in a broadly linear fashion above specific body mass index (BMI) thresholds.
Naveed Sattar · 2022

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The claim is based on established epidemiological links.

Source

Cardiovascular Consequences

Naveed Sattar · 2022

DOI 10.1002/9781119695257.ch14

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DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10

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