Table 3.

Associations of adiposity indices with incident heart failure across age categories.

	Young (< 55 years) n = 5847		Middle-aged (55–65 years) n = 1459		Old (≥ 65 years) n = 1349
HF cases	67		108		188
Incidence rate	1.05		6.48		14.10

	HR (95% CI)	P-value	HR (95% CI)	P-value	HR (95% CI)	P-value
BMI	1.23 (0.98, 1.55)	0.075	1.30 (1.07, 1.58)	0.007	1.25 (1.05, 1.48)	0.011
WC	1.40 (1.07, 1.84)	0.014	1.27 (1.01–1.60)	0.041	1.34 (1.11–1.62)	0.002
WHR	1.60 (1.17, 2.20)	0.004	1.39 (1.06, 1.82)	0.019	1.32 (1.08, 1.63)	0.007
BSI	1.41 (1.05, 1.90)	0.024	1.00 (0.78, 1.29)	0.999	1.22 (1.01, 1.47)	0.038
WWI	1.52 (1.14, 2.04)	0.005	1.19 (0.93, 1.52)	0.156	1.31 (1.09, 1.58)	0.004
BRI	1.39 (1.09, 1.76)	0.007	1.30 (1.06, 1.58)	0.010	1.34 (1.14, 1.58)	< 0.001
RFM	1.71 (1.15, 2.56)	0.009	1.55 (1.07, 2.23)	0.019	1.58 (1.16, 2.14)	0.003

Incidence rate is presented as HF cases per 1000-person years. Multivariable models were adjusted for age, sex, smoking, cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, glucose, and history of myocardial infarction, stroke and atrial fibrillation. Abbreviations same as in Table 2.