Relationship between waist-to-height ratio and heart failure outcome: A single-centre prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

This study sought to evaluate the correlation between waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and heart failure (HF) outcomes across different ejection fraction (EF) categories.

Methods and results

A prospective cohort study was conducted at a comprehensive tertiary hospital in China. The participants were categorized by WHtR and EF quartiles. Outpatient or telephone follow-up occurred every 6 months after the diagnosis of heart failure. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality at 48 months. Cox proportional hazard regression analyses were employed to evaluate the association between WHtR and all-cause mortality. Among 859 enrolled participants, 545 (63.4%) were male, and the mean age was 65.2 ± 11.1 years. After adjusting for age and sex, WHtR demonstrated a strong correlatio

SUBMITTER: Wang P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11769648 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature