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Body Fat Distribution and Self-Reported Prevalence of Hypertension, Heart Attack, and Other Heart Disease in Older Women
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota Stadium Gate 27, 611 Beacon St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Folsom A R (Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Stadium Gate 27, 611 Beacon St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA), Prineas R J, Kaye S A and Soler J T. International Journal of Epidemiology 1989, 18: 361–367.
The associations of self-reported body mass and fat distribution with self-reported prevalence rates of hypertension, heart attack, and other heart disease were examined in a sample of 40 000 women, aged 55–69 years. Fat distribution was measured by the waist-to-hip circumference ratio (WHR), which had a mean ± SD of 0.838 ± 0.085. Prevalence of hypertension was significantly and positively associated with both body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio. The prevalence rate ratio for hypertension in the highest versus the lowest tertile of body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio (considered jointly) was 2.7. Prevalence rates of heart attack and other heart disease were significantly and positively associated with waist-to-hip ratio but not with body mass index. The prevalence rate ratios were 2.2 for heart attack and 1.4 for other heart disease in the highest versus the lowest tertile of body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio. Findings were substantiated using multiple logistic regression. These results support the hypothesis that a significant relationship exists between body fat distribution and the occurrence of cardiovascular disease in older women.
Received 1 May 1988
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