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ArticleDiabetes, obesity & metabolism2025

The association between android-to-gynoid lean mass ratio and all-cause and specific-cause mortality in US adults: A prospective study.

Yuxin Fan, Li Ding, Wei Li, Wei Li, Longhao Sun, Xin Li, Lina Chang, Qing He, Gang Hu, Bo Wang and 1 more

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Yuxin FanDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Li DingDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Wei LiDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Wei LiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Longhao SunDepartment of General Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Xin LiDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Lina ChangDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Qing HeDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Gang HuChronic Disease Epidemiology Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
Bo WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tianjin University Huanhu Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Ming LiuDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2665-4072

Funding

Tracking & Evaluation CoreU54GM104940 · NIGMS · LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR · PI Peter Todd Katzmarzyk · 2012 to 2026
$69.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM104940
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe associations of lean mass distribution with mortality risk are not fully elucidated. We aimed to evaluate the effects of a new lean mass distribution indicator-android/gynoid lean mass ratio (AGLR) evaluated by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) on the risk of all-cause and specific-cause mortality in a NHANES cohort.

methodsThis was a population-based cohort study, which included 18 542 subjects aged 20 years and older from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (US NHANES, 2003-2006 and 2011-2018). The primary outcomes of our study were all-cause mortality, cardiovascular (CVD) mortality and cancer mortality, which were obtained from the linkage to registries. Cox proportional hazard regression models were used to investigate the association between lean mass distribution and mortality risk among the US NHANES general population. Restricted cubic spline nested in Cox regression was also used to test whether there was a non-linear association of AGLR as a continuous variable with the risk of mortality.

resultsDuring a median follow-up of 6.9 years, 1412 participants died, of whom 435 were due to CVD and 340 were due to cancer. The multivariable-adjusted (Model 4) hazard ratios (HRs) for each SD increase in AGLR were 1.53 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.40-1.67) for all-cause mortality, 1.56 (95% CI 1.30-1.87) for cancer mortality and 1.64 (95% CI 1.47-1.84) for CVD mortality. The associations were robust in sensitivity analyses and present in most subgroups.

conclusionsAGLR evaluated by DXA was associated with a higher risk of all-cause and specific-cause mortality among the general population from the US NHANES cohort.

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Absorptiometry, PhotonBody CompositionCardiovascular DiseasesCause of DeathNutrition SurveysAdultAgedCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMortalityNeoplasmsProspective StudiesUnited Statesall‐cause mortalityandroid‐to‐gynoid lean mass ratiocardiovascular mortality, cancer mortalitylean mass

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