Is 0.5 the Optimal Waist-to-Height Ratio for Predicting Cardio-Metabolic Risk in Children?

Abstract

Results: Mean age was 73.06 6.0 years and 53% were women. There were 3532 (50%) deaths over a median follow-up of 2.01 years (Table 1). Elderly subjects with CAD having normal BMI but with central obesity (high WHR) have the highest mortality risk than any other combination of BMI and WHR (2.86; 2.26-3.63) ( Figure 1A). WC alone or in combination with BMI did not show statistically significant results (Table 2). BMI alone was inversely associated with mortality. Women were three times and men were two times as likely to die as compared to their gender specific counterparts in first tertile based on WHR (Figure 2). Analysis of two-year mortality showed similar results ( Figure 1B). Conclusions:In older adults with CAD, the ''obesity paradox'' is present and NWCO, as measured by WHR, and not by WC, is associated with the highest risk of mortality. The study highlights the need to combine measures of total and central obesity in adiposity-related risk assessment of older adults. 191Is 0.5 the