Skip to main content
. 2015 Nov 13;5(11):e009185. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009185

Table 2.

Estimated ARs associated with CVD types using equivalent WCs corresponding to BMI values for males at the age of 35 years

CVD
Coronary artery disease
Heart failure
BMI (kg/m2) WC (cm) AR (%) WC (cm) AR (%) WC (cm) AR (%)
20 81.3 10.62 80.5 4.09 81.0 2.37
21 83.3 11.18 82.8 4.43 83.1 2.52
22 85.4 11.77 85.0 4.79 85.2 2.68
23 87.4 12.39 87.3 5.19 87.5 2.86
24 89.4 13.04 89.5 5.61 89.6 3.05
25 91.5 13.72 91.8 6.07 91.7 3.24
26 93.5 14.43 94.1 6.57 93.9 3.45
27 95.6 15.19 96.3 7.10 96.1 3.68
28 97.6 15.97 98.6 7.68 98.3 3.92
29 99.7 16.79 100.8 8.29 100.4 4.17
30 101.7 17.64 103.1 8.97 102.6 4.45
31 103.8 18.54 105.4 9.69 104.7 4.73
32 105.8 19.47 107.6 10.46 106.9 5.03
33 107.8 20.45 109.9 11.29 109.1 5.36
34 109.9 21.47 112.1 12.18 111.2 5.70

AR, absolute risk; BMI, body mass index; CVD, cardiovascular disease; WC, waist circumference.