Abdominal Obesity and Coronary Heart Disease in Thai Men

Objective: To determine the association of four simple anthropometric indices with coronary heart disease (CHD) in Thai men, and to determine the optimal cut‐off points for each index in the prediction of CHD. Research Methods and Procedures: This is a cohort study with 17 years of follow‐up. A total of 2536 male employees from the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand 35 to 59 years of age at baseline were included in the study. Height,...