Waist-Hip Ratio Tops BMI and Waist Alone for Predicting Atherosclerosis
DALLAS -- For assessing obesity's impact on atherosclerosis risk, the waist-to-hip ratio tops body mass index and waist circumference, investigators here found.
DALLAS, Aug. 13 -- For assessing obesity's impact on atherosclerosis risk, the waist-to-hip ratio tops body mass index and waist circumference, investigators here found.
With a high waist-hip-ratio, there was a significantly greater level of coronary artery calcium (an atherosclerosis surrogate) in men and women than a high BMI (P
Analysis of prevalent coronary calcium by obesity category demonstrated a J-shaped association with BMI, whereas prevalence increased in a stepwise fashion across quintiles of waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio (P
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