I am not saying this is good or interesting science (IIUC this should make us believe that fewer people with coronary inflammation go on to develop heart disease than we would have otherwise thought?) but their score is at least correlated with sex.
"Men demonstrated higher rates of elevated FAI-Score than women (52.8% vs.
25.8%, p=0.016; ≥90th percentile: 26.4% vs. 3.2%, p=0.007). [...] Body mass
index was the sole secondary correlate surviving false discovery rate
correction (AUC = 0.71, p=0.001, all-test FDR q=0.028). Regularized
multivariable models showed modest out-of-sample discrimination for FAI-Score
elevation (cross-validated AUC = 0.71)."My uncle had a stroke at 52 years old and stayed paralyzed for 15+ years, until his death. When my doctor learned that, the next day I started taking statins.
BTW I'm totally fit, no beer belly, excellent BMI and I look not a bit but much younger than my age (someone even commented that here on HN a few years when they saw a picture of me when I was 49 years old).
And yet I was seriously at risk of plaques detaching and clogging. Statins are not perfect medication but it is what it is.
My point being: even if you've got what science/doctors considers the best BMI in the world, you could still be at risk.