Relationship between body regional fat and cardiovascular disease in middle-aged and young adults

This study extracted population data from four cycles of the NHANES 2011-2018, as other cycles did not contain information on RFM and RFP. In the NHANES, the age distribution of the population undergoing RFM and RFP measurements ranged from 8 to 59 years.<br>The measurement of RFM and RFP was conducted using DXA. RFM included HFM, AFM, TFM, and LFM, with the original units in grams (g). RFP included head fat percentage (HFP), arm fat percentage (AFP), trunk fat percentage (TFP), and leg fat percentage (LFP).<br>In this study, data on CVD were extracted from the Medical Conditions Questionnaire (MCQ) module in the NHANES, where MCQ information was obtained through personal interviews. In this study, CVD was defined to include congestive heart failure, coronary heart disease, angina, heart attack, and stroke, with the corresponding variables in MCQ being MCQ160B, MCQ160C, MCQ160D, MCQ160E, and MCQ160F. CVD includes other diseases as well, but owing to the lack of related information in the NHANES, CVD in this study was defined based on the aforementioned diseases.