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Table 2 Association of anthropometric parameters with CHD riska in Chinese adults: men and women aged 35 years and over, 2012–2013

From: New anthropometric indices or old ones: which perform better in estimating cardiovascular risks in Chinese adults

 

Men

Women

 

Low CHD risk

Medium or high CHD risk

Low CHD risk

Medium or high CHD risk

 

(n = 2060)

(n = 3132)

(n = 5551)

(n = 504)

Index

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p

BMIa

24.67

3.67

24.78

3.45

0.29

24.78

3.74

25.90

3.82

< 0.001

WCa

82.85

9.80

84.34

9.63

< 0.001

80.79

9.55

86.00

9.61

< 0.001

WHRa

0.86

0.07

0.88

0.08

< 0.001

0.85

0.07

0.89

0.08

< 0.001

WHtRa

0.49

0.06

0.51

0.06

< 0.001

0.52

0.06

0.56

0.06

< 0.001

AVI

14.07

3.28

14.54

3.21

< 0.001

13.42

3.09

15.10

3.25

< 0.001

BAI

26.37

3.46

27.17

3.70

< 0.001

30.03

4.21

32.42

4.73

< 0.001

BRI

3.31

1.10

3.60

1.10

< 0.001

3.78

1.24

4.71

1.37

< 0.001

ABSI

0.076

0.004

0.077

0.005

< 0.001

0.076

0.005

0.080

0.006

< 0.001

  1. SD standard deviation, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, WHR waist:hip ratio, WHtR waist:height ratio, AVI abdominal Volume Index, BAI body adiposity index, BRI body roundness index, ABSI a body shape index, CHD coronary heart disease
  2. Student’s t-test
  3. aFramingham risk score
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