Waist-to-height ratio predicts heart failure incidence
a year ago
- #heart failure
- #obesity
- #cardiometabolic risk
- Risk of heart failure (HF) increases with higher body mass index (BMI), but BMI has limitations as an obesity measure.
- Waist-to-height ratio (WtHR) significantly predicts incident HF over a median follow-up of 13 years in the Malmö Preventive Project.
- WtHR may be a better metric than BMI for identifying HF patients who could benefit from targeted obesity interventions.
- BMI is influenced by factors like sex and ethnicity and does not account for body fat distribution, unlike WtHR.
- Higher WtHR was associated with a significantly increased risk of HF, independent of confounders.
- Individuals with the highest WtHR values had a significantly higher risk of HF compared to those in lower quartiles.
- A waist measurement less than half of height is ideal for reducing cardiometabolic risk.
- WtHR could be a better predictor for HF and other cardiometabolic disorders, warranting further research in larger cohorts.