Table 5.

Effect of Waist-Hip Ratio on Clinical Outcomes

	All-Cause Hospitalizations						Cardiovascular Hospitalizations
	Univariate			Multivariate			Univariate			Multivariate
	HR	95% CI	P Value	HR	95% CI	P Value	HR	95% CI	P Value	HR	95% CI	P Value
All
Baseline WHR	1.085	1.023-1.151	0.007	1.087a	1.022-1.155	0.008	1.141	1.069-1.217	<0.001	1.18b	1.099-1.266	<0.001
Change in WHR	0.921	0.869-0.977	0.006	0.759c	0.865-0.978	0.793	0.876	0.821-0.935	<0.001	0.847b	0.790-0.909	<0.001
Women
Baseline WHR	1.091d	1.027-1.158	0.005				1.165d	1.074-1.265	<0.001
Change in WHR	0.917d	0.863-0.973	0.004				0.857d	0.790-0.931	<0.001
Men
Baseline WHR	0.48	0.006-39.164	0.744				0.882	0.001-2,376.287	0.975
Change in WHR	0.98	0.038-25.022	0.99				8.092	0.018-3,603.649	0.502

Simple and multiple linear regression models of the effect of body fat metrics on clinical outcomes. Variables significant on univariate analysis were adjusted for other significant clinical variables. Bold values indicate P < 0.05.

Abbreviations as in Table 2.

^aAdjusted for age, diabetes status, cardiovascular risk category, E/e' ratio.

^bAdjusted for gender, cardiovascular risk category, diabetes status.

^cAdjusted for baseline WHR, age, diabetes status, cardiovascular risk status, E/e' ratio.

^dNo significant co-variate.