Waist to height ratio is associated with an increased risk of mortality in Chinese patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Table 3 Comparison of prognosis value among WHtR, WC and BMI in Model 2

Covariates	All-cause death		Cardiovascular death		Non-cardiovascular death		Heart failure rehospitalization
Covariates	HR (95% CI)	p	HR (95% CI)	p	HR (95% CI)	p	HR (95% CI)	p
WHtR
< 0.5	1.00 (ref)		1.00 (ref)		1.00 (ref)		1.00 (ref)
≥ 0.5	1.91 (1.06–3.45)	0.032	2.58 (1.01–6.67)	0.048	1.51 (0.71–3.22)	0.285	3.04 (1.26–7.31)	0.013
BMI (kg/m²)
< 18.5	1.00 (ref)		1.00 (ref)		1.00 (ref)		1.00 (ref)
18.5–23.9	0.64 (0.35–1.16)	0.138	0.53 (0.19–1.51)	0.237	0.58 (0.28–1.21)	0.149	0.42 (0.17–1.02)	0.054
24.0–27.9	0.28 (0.14–0.54)	< 0.001	0.21 (0.07–0.63)	0.006	0.28 (0.12–0.64)	0.003	0.29 (0.11–0.77)	0.013
≥ 28	0.40 (0.16–0.96)	0.041	0.16 (0.03–0.74)	0.019	0.56 (0.19–1.70)	0.305	0.28 (0.08–1.07)	0.063
WC (cm)	1.00 (0.98–1.03)	0.996	1.00 (0.96–1.04)	0.980	1.00 (0.97–1.04)	0.869	0.98 (0.95–1.02)	0.344

WHtR, waist to height ratio; BMI, body mass index; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval

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