Prospective Associations of Waist-to-Height Ratio With Cardiovascular Events in Postmenopausal Women: Results From the Women’s Health Initiative

Clinicians and global health workers need valid, reliable, readily accessible, and cost-effective indicators to screen for individuals at risk for adverse cardiometabolic events in diverse populations, particularly in resource-poor settings. Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) has recently emerged as one such promising index in assessing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Meta-analyses of receiver operating characteristic curves showed that WHtR had...