Obesity and the risk of myocardial infarction in 27 000 participants from 52 countries: a case-control study

Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but the most predictive measure for different ethnic populations is not clear. We aimed to assess whether markers of obesity, especially waist-to-hip ratio, would be stronger indicators of myocardial infarction than body-mass index (BMI), the conventional measure.We did a standardised case-control study of acute myocardial infarction with 27 098 participants in 52 countries (12,461 cases...