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That's all true. But none of that stops it from being significantly positively correlated with incidence of cancer.



What about when you control for bodyfat percentage? Genuinely curious. I've heard that waist circumference is associated with lots of negative outcomes even when you control for physical fitness, but I don't actually know this is true.




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