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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 20.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Feb 19;17(7):1428–1434. doi: 10.1038/oby.2008.680

Table 2.

Men’s relative risk for CHD by decreasing BMI (per kg/m2) and decreasing waist circumference (per cm).

Model Men with BMI<25 kg/m2 All men
Total CHD BMI
(per kg/m2
decrease)		 Waist
circumference
(per cm
decrease)		 BMI
(per kg/m2
decrease)		 Waist
circumference
(per cm
decrease)
BMI only 0.888
(0.815, 0.966)
P=0.005		 0.909
(0.882, 0.939)
P<0.0001
Waist circumference only 0.962
(0.938, 0.987)
P=0.003		 0.963
(0.950, 0.976)
P<0.0001
BMI & Waist circumference 0.906
(0.819, 1.000)
P=0.05		 0.975
(0.947, 1.003)
P=0.08		 0.926
(0.887, 0.968)
P=0.0008		 0.983
(0.965, 1.001)
P=0.07
Nonfatal CHD
BMI only 0.868
(0.791, 0.951)
P=0.002		 0.904
(0.876, 0.935)
P<0.0001
Waist circumference only 0.959
(0.934, 0.985)
P=0.003		 0.962
(0.949, 0.977)
P<0.0001
BMI & Waist circumference 0.903
(0.811, 1.003)
P=0.06		 0.972
(0.943, 1.002)
P=0.07		 0.921
(0.880, 0.965)
P=0.0007		 0.984
(0.965, 1.004)
P=0.12
Myocardial infarction
BMI only 0.810
(0.678, 0.959)
P=0.01		 0.881
(0.835, 0.932)
P<0.0001
Waist circumference only 0.947
(0.904, 0.995)
P=0.03		 0.948
(0.927, 0.971)
P<0.0001
BMI & Waist circumference 0.853
(0.695, 1.037)
P=0.11		 0.966
(0.916, 1.022)
P=0.23		 0.917
(0.851, 0.994)
P=0.03		 0.970
(0.940, 1.002)
P=0.07
PTCA & CABG
BMI only 0.878
(0.796, 0.966)
P=0.007		 0.910
(0.879, 0.943)
P<0.0001
Waist circumference only 0.957
(0.930, 0.984)
P=0.003		 0.966
(0.951, 0.981)
P<0.0001
BMI & Waist circumference 0.914
(0.816, 1.020)
P=0.11		 0.968
(0.938, 0.999)
P=0.05		 0.923
(0.879, 0.970)
P=0.002		 0.987
(0.967, 1.008)
P=0.24

95% confidence intervals given in parentheses. All relative risks were adjusted for age (age and age2), education, pack-years of previous cigarette use, running distance (km/week and km2/week2), and weekly intake of meat, fish, fruit, alcohol, and aspirin. Sample sizes for analyses of all men involving BMI only were N = 28,776 for total CHD and N = 28,462 for other outcomes, and involving waist circumference were N = 27,084 for total CHD and N = 26,799 for other outcomes. Sample sizes for analyses of men with BMI <25 kg/m2 involving BMI only were N = 20,525 for total CHD and N = 20,301 for other outcomes, and involving waist circumference were N = 19,348 for total CHD and N = 19,145 for other outcomes.