Muhammad Saleem, Rizwan Bilal, Huma Aslam.
Frequency of increased waist to hip ratio in patients of acute myocardial infarction.
J Cardiovascular Dis Jan ;13(1):15-8.

OBJECTIVE:The objective of the study is to observe frequency of increased waist to hip ratio in patients of acute myocardial infarction. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This cross sectional study was conducted at department of Cardiology, Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore from 08-07-2009 to 08-01-2010 (Six months). One hundred and ninety consecutive patients presenting with acute MI admitted to emergency department were studied. RESULTS: Out of 190 patients 77.9% patients had normal waist to hip ratio and 22.1% had abnormal waist to hip ratio. Majority of the patients (75.3%) were males. Fifty one percent of total females presented in older age. Other risk factors noted in descending order were smoking (63.7%), hypertension (37.9%), DM (37.4%), previous history of IHD (37.3%) and family history of IHD (17.9%). CONCLUSION: Abnormal waist to hip ratio is a contributing risk factor of acute myocardial infarction. Approximately 25% patients had abnormal waist to hip ratio. WHR can be used in epidemiological studies of acute myocardial infarction.

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