Waist–hip ratio is the dominant risk factor predicting cardiovascular death in Australia

A. Welborn, Timothy; S. Dhaliwal, Satvinder; Bennett, S.

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05704.x

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Waist–hip ratio is the dominant risk factor predicting cardiovascular death in Australia

Published in The Medical Journal of Australia • Dec 1, 2003

Authors:

Timothy A. Welborn

Satvinder S. Dhaliwal

S. Bennett

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate clinical measures of obesity for their ability to predict death from cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD), in parallel with conventional cardiovascular risk factors. DESIGN, PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Cross-sectional analysis of an age- and sex-stratifi...

Subject

Waist–hip ratio

Risk factor

Medicine

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