title: Body composition parameters as correlates of coronary artery disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CAD). This study was aimed to assess the risk for CAD determined by certain new and conventional body composition parameters such as visceral fat area (VFA), body mass index (BMI), waist to hip ratio (WHR), etc.
  
  
  METHODS
  We did an age and sex matched case-control study of acute myocardial infarction with 100 participants in a tertiary care hospital (50 cases and 50 controls) representing the serving army personnel. The relation between VFA, per cent body fat (PBF), BMI, waist and hip circumferences, and WHR to CAD was assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study showed that there was a significantly increased risk for CAD associated with VFA (OR: 5.67; 95% CI: 1.96, 16.95), WHR (7.07; 2.19, 24.27), waist circumference (WC) (2.63; 1.05, 6.66) and BMI (2.53; 1.03, 6.26).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In conclusion, increased VFA, BMI, WHR and WC showed an association with CAD. VFA is a good index for assessing not only visceral fat accumulation but also cardiovascular risk factors.
authors: Rohit
authors: R
authors: Singh
authors: Department of Community Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Prakash
authors: Radhika
authors: R
authors: Dubey
authors: Kaushik
authors: K
authors: Roy
authors: Atul
authors: A
authors: Kotwal
authors: Ajoy
authors: A
authors: Mahen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001823:Body Composition; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050152:Intra-Abdominal Fat; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D055105:Waist Circumference; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio