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The 2013 obesity guidelines perform similarly to the 1998 guidelines in discriminating CVD risk, with no significant improvement in identifying those who benefit from weight loss.
Switching from the 1998 to the 2013 obesity guidelines does not significantly improve the ability to predict who will have cardiovascular disease. The newer guidelines identify a slightly different group of people as needing treatment, but the overall risk prediction is similar.
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The 2013 algorithm performed similarly in Black and White men and women, but did not improve upon the 1998 algorithm in terms of discriminating risk of CVD.
Why this rating
Same cohort and methodology as N1, providing robust comparative data.
Source
Cardiovascular disease risk by assigned treatment using the 2013 and 1998 obesity guidelines
June Stevens et al. · Obesity · 2016
DOI 10.1002/oby.21496
cohort · n=13359Cited 3×
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