Waist-to-height ratio and coronary artery calcium incidence: the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity is a cardiovascular risk factor and coronary artery calcium (CAC) is frequently used to assess coronary atherosclerosis burden. The purpose of this study was to evaluate body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) as predictors of CAC incidence.

Methods

We analyzed ELSA-Brasil cohort participants with no cardiovascular disease who had an initial CAC score of zero and repeated the test. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to assess BMI, WC, and WHtR as predictors of CAC incidence.

Findings

A total of 2721 participants (mean age 48.1 ± 7.56 years, 62.6% females) self-reported as White (57%), Brown/mixed (22.8%), Black (15.4%), Asian (4%) or Native/Indigenous (0.9%) were analyzed. CAC incidence

SUBMITTER: Mendes TB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12800998 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature