Table 4.

Association between CHD risk^* and abdominal obesity indices: Turkish men and women (n 10 878) participating in the baseline survey of the Heart of Balcova Project, 2007–2009

	Crude		Adjusted for age and sex		Adjusted for age, sex and BMI
	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI
WHtR ≥0·55 v. <0·55	4·17	3·81, 4·57	2·34	2·09, 2·63	1·73	1·48, 2·02
WHR ≥0·90 v. <0·90 (men);	4·84	4·43, 5·29	2·25	2·00, 2·52	1·91	1·69, 2·15
≥0·85 v. <0·85 (women)
WC ≥102 v. <102 cm (men);	2·23	2·06, 2·43	2·33	2·08, 2·62	1·77	1·53, 2·05
≥88 v. <88 cm (women)

WHtR, waist:height ratio; WHR, waist:hip ratio; WC, waist circumference.

^*Medium or high Framingham risk score.