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Assessment of waist/hip ratio and its relationship
with coronary heart disease in
Community Hospital of District SwatRashid Ahmad1, Aziz Ahmad2, Sibgha Zulfiqar3, Saeed Jan4, Izaz-ur-Rehman5
ABSTRACT
Objective: To evaluate the relationship between central obesity (Abdominal adiposity), measured by Waist/Hip ratio and the development of Coronary Heart Disease in adult population of district Swat.
Methodology: The study comprised of 100 subjects, 34 Control, 33 Hypertensive subjects and 33 subjects with Coronary Heart Disease. Weight, Height, Waist/Hip ratio and Blood Pressure of subjects with Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) were compared with Hypertensive subjects and Control subjects.
Result: Patients with Coronary Heart Disease had higher Waist/Hip ratio and Blood Pressure than Hypertensive subjects, which in turn had higher values than control subjects.
Conclusion: Waist/hip ratio is the dominant risk factor predicting Coronary Heart Disease.
KEY WORDS: Waist/hip ratio, Blood Pressure, Coronary Heart Disease.
Pak J Med Sci July - September 2007 Vol. 23 No. 4 585-588
1. Rashid Ahmad,
Department of Physiology,
2. Aziz Ahmad,
Department of Medicine,
3. Sibgha Zulfiqar,
Department of Physiology,
Shaikh Zayed Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute,
Lahore – Pakistan.
4. Saeed Jan,
Dept. of Physiology,
5. Izaz-ur-Rahman,
Dept. of Physiology,
1,2,4,5: Saidu Medical College,
Saidu Sharif, Swat – Pakistan.
Correspondence
Dr. Aziz Ahmad,
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Saidu Medical College, Saidu Sharif,
Swat – Pakistan.
E- Mail: draziz7@hotmail.com
* Received for Publication: November 11, 2006
* Accepted: May 25, 2007
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