Scaling waist girth for differences in body size reveals a new improved index associated with cardiometabolic risk

Our aim was to examine whether a new ratio, waist divided by height 0.5 ( WHT .5R), is both independent of stature and a stronger predictor of cardiometabolic risk ( CMR ) than other anthropometric indices. Subjects (4117 men and 646 women), aged 20–69 years, were assessed for stature (cm), mass (kg), waist, and hip girths (cm) from which body mass index ( BMI ), waist‐to‐hip ratio ( WHR ), waist‐to‐height ratio ( WHTR ), and two new indices, a...