title: Association of different anthropometric measures and indices with coronary atherosclerotic burden.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The association between anthropometric parameters and atherosclerotic burden is not well established and few studies have addressed this issue.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the association of different anthropometric parameters with the coronary atherosclerotic burden.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adult patients undergoing coronary angiography were enrolled in the study. Sociodemographic characteristics and cardiovascular risk factors were collected through a standardized questionnaire. Weight, height, waist circumference (WC), abdominal circumference (AbC), hip circumference (HC) and neck circumference (NC) were measured and body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR), abdominal circumference-hip ratio (AbCHR) and waist-height ratio (WHtR) were calculated. The atherosclerotic burden at the coronary angiography was measured through Friesinger score (FS). Significant atherosclerosis was considered when FS ≥ 5.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The sample consisted of 337 patients, of whom 213 were men (63.2%). The mean age was 60.1 ± 10 years. Only WHR (r = 0.159 and p = 0.003) showed a significant linear correlation with the coronary atherosclerotic burden as measured by FS. When the sample was stratified by gender, we found a significant correlation between women's AbCHR (r = 0.238 and p = 0.008) and WHR (r = 0.198 and p = 0.028) with FS. Men showed no correlation between anthropometric parameters and FS. After adjusting for gender, age, hypertension, smoking and DM, no anthropometric parameter was associated with coronary atherosclerotic burden as measured by FS in the total sample or when separated by gender.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  No anthropometric parameter was an independent risk factor for coronary atherosclerotic burden.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Geriatria e Gerontologia, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. profpatriciachagas@gmail.com
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chagas
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Caramori
authors.forename: Christiano
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barcellos
authors.forename: Tatiana Pizzato
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Galdino
authors.forename: Irênio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Carla Helena Augustin
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Schwanke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000886:Anthropometry; D001837:Body Weights and Measures / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D056128:Obesity, Abdominal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012016:Reference Values; D012307:Risk Factors; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult