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Table 3 Hazard ratios for incident CVD of VAI vs. WHpR and WHtR

From: Prognostic significance of the Complex "Visceral Adiposity Index" vs. simple anthropometric measures: Tehran lipid and glucose study

   

HR 95% CIs

vs. VAIa

 

Men

VAI

1.18 (1.07-1.30)

-

  

WHpR

1.37 (1.22-1.55)

0.061

  

WHtR

1.38 (1.21-1.58)

0.068

  

BMI

1.28 (1.13-1.45)

0.355

Age-adjusted

Women

VAI

1.27 (1.18-1.37)

-

  

WHpR

1.52 (1.31-1.76)

0.133

  

WHtR

1.45 (1.27-1.66)

0.229

  

BMI

1.26 (1.12-1.43)

0.682

 

Men

VAI

1.05 (0.94-1.18)

-

  

WHpR

1.23 (1.07-1.40)

0.078

  

WHtR

1.21 (1.05-1.39)

0.123

  

BMI

1.08 (0.95-1.23)

0.301

Multivariate-adjustedb, c

Women

VAI

1.17 (1.07-1.28)

-

  

WHpR

1.42 (1.22-1.65)

0.078

  

WHtR

1.36 (1.18-1.56)

0.146

  

BMI

1.04 (1.01-1.07)

0.352

  1. CVD, cardiovascular disease; HR, hazard ratio; VAI, visceral adiposity index; WHpR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR, waist-to-height ratio
  2. a. P values were derived from Wald tests of the linear hypotheses concerning the Weibull regression models coefficients (paired homogeneity test). As such, we tested the null hypotheses that the hazard ratios (effect size) for VAI were equal to those for WHpR, WHtR, or BMI
  3. b. Adjusted for the effects of age, systolic blood pressure, anti-hypertensive medication use, total and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, diabetes, and smoking
  4. c. To avoid over-adjustment, VAI was not adjusted for high-density lipoprotein cholesterol since it was a component of VAI
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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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