Waist-to-Height Ratio (WHtR) in Predicting Coronary Artery Disease Compared to Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference in a Single Center from Saudi Arabia

Table 1

Characteristics of participants.

	Men (n = 142)	Women (n = 58)	value
Age (yrs.) (mean ± SD)	62.58 ± 11.84	58.38 ± 11.75	0.024
Weight (kg) (mean ± SD)	77.92 ± 15.02	78.52 ± 16.63	0.810
WC (cm) (mean ± SD)	106.57 ± 11.64	104.55 ± 13.37	0.318
Height (cm) (mean ± SD)	165.70 ± 7.78	155.20 ± 6.17	<0.001
BMI (kg/m^2) (mean ± SD)	28.31 ± 4.78	32.57 ± 6.41	<0.001
WHtR	0.64 ± 0.07	0.67 ± 0.09	0.730
Hypertension, n (%)	98 (69.01)	36 (62.07)	0.408
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)	82 (57.75)	29 (50.00)	0.349
Dyslipidemia, n (%)	89 (62.68)	25 (43.10)	0.012
CAD, n (%)	103 (72.54)	24 (41.38)	<0.001

Significant difference between men and women, .