Waist-Height Ratio as a Predictor of Coronary Heart Disease Among Women

In Brief Background: It is not yet established what specific measures of obesity might be most strongly associated with risk of coronary artery disease. We compared the waist-height ratio to waist-hip ratio, waist circumference, and body mass index as predictors of subsequent coronary heart disease (CHD) in a group of predominantly postmenopausal women. Methods: The data come from the prospective Nurses’ Health Study cohort. We included 45,563...