Recently presented research at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). shows that the Waist to Height Ratio (WtHR) is much better predictor than the BMI for Heart Failure risk.
"The median WtHR in our analysis was considerably higher than 0.5, the cut-off for increased cardiometabolic risk. Having a waist measurement that is less than half your height is ideal."
BMI is the most common measure of obesity, but it is influenced by factors such as sex and ethnicity, and does not take into account the distribution of body fat. Waist-to-height ratio (WtHR) is considered a more robust measure of central adiposity, the harmful deposition of fat around visceral organs. In addition, whereas BMI is associated with paradoxically good HF outcomes with high BMI, this is not seen with WtHR. We conducted this analysis to investigate the relationship between WtHR and the development of HF."
Dr. John Molvin, Study Co-Author, Lund University and Malmö University Hospital, Sweden
Note: WtHR is simply the waist circumference divided by body height, both measured in the same units. Generally, if your ratio is 0.4 to 0.49 then you are in the healthy range.
If your ratio is 0.6 or above, you are at the highest risk, and if it’s between 0.5 and 0.59 you are at increased risk. In both cases you will likely need to lose weight to reduce your risk of heart and circulatory diseases.
"The median WtHR in our analysis was considerably higher than 0.5, the cut-off for increased cardiometabolic risk. Having a waist measurement that is less than half your height is ideal."
BMI is the most common measure of obesity, but it is influenced by factors such as sex and ethnicity, and does not take into account the distribution of body fat. Waist-to-height ratio (WtHR) is considered a more robust measure of central adiposity, the harmful deposition of fat around visceral organs. In addition, whereas BMI is associated with paradoxically good HF outcomes with high BMI, this is not seen with WtHR. We conducted this analysis to investigate the relationship between WtHR and the development of HF."
Dr. John Molvin, Study Co-Author, Lund University and Malmö University Hospital, Sweden
Note: WtHR is simply the waist circumference divided by body height, both measured in the same units. Generally, if your ratio is 0.4 to 0.49 then you are in the healthy range.
If your ratio is 0.6 or above, you are at the highest risk, and if it’s between 0.5 and 0.59 you are at increased risk. In both cases you will likely need to lose weight to reduce your risk of heart and circulatory diseases.
TFS!
