Cardiology Research and Practice

Research Article

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 3

Positive and negative results as per risk factors and CAD.


Study variables		HTN		DM		Dyslipidemia		CAD
		(−)	(+)	(−)	(+)	(−)	(+)	(−)	(+)
		n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)

WC	<80 cm (W) <94 cm (M)	12 (18.2%)	12 (9.0%)	16 (18.0%)	8 (7.2%)	12 (14.0%)	12 (10.5%)	7 (9.6%)	17 (13.4%)
WC	≥80 cm (W) ≥94 cm (M)	54 (81.8%)	122 (91.0%)	73 (82.0%)	103 (92.8%)	74 (86.0%)	102 (89.5%)	66 (90.4%)	110 (86.6%)
value		0.067		0.027		0.514		0.503
BMI	<30 (kg/m²)	44 (66.7%)	65 (48.5%)	49 (55.1%)	60 (54.1%)	44 (51.2%)	65 (57.0%)	39 (53.4%)	70 (55.1%)
BMI	≥30 (kg/m²)	22 (33.3%)	69 (51.5%)	40 (44.9%)	51 (45.9%)	42 (48.8%)	49 (43.0%)	34 (46.6%)	57 (44.9%)
value		0.016		1.000		0.474		0.883
WHtR	<0.5	1 (1.5%)	2 (1.5%)	2 (2.2%)	1 (0.9%)	2 (2.3%)	1 (0.9%)	3 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)
WHtR	≥0.5	65 (98.5%)	132 (98.5%)	87 (97.8%)	110 (99.1%)	84 (97.7%)	113 (99.1%)	70 (95.9%)	127 (100.0%)
value		1.000		0.586		0.578		0.047