Underweight: another risk factor for cardiovascular disease?: A cross-sectional 2013 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) study of 491,773 individuals in the USA

• Published in: Medicine (Baltimore) Vol. 96; no. 48; p. e8769
• Main Authors: Park, Donghwi, Lee, Jong-Hak, Han, Seungwoo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved 01.12.2017; Wolters Kluwer Health
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; Body Mass Index; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Incidence; Male; Middle Aged; Observational Study; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Thinness - epidemiology; United States - epidemiology

Obesity is a well-established risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the underweight population of body mass index (BMI) below 18.5 kg/m has not been an object of concern. The objective of this study is to investigate whether underweight could be an independent risk factor for CVD in a po...