title: Body mass index and waist/height ratio for prediction of severity of coronary artery disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To determine whether waist-to-height ratio correlates with coronary artery disease (CAD) severity better, than the body mass index (BMI) as assessed by coronary angiography in Bangladeshi population.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross sectional study was done on patients in Department of Cardiology in DMCH and those referred in the cath-lab of the Department of Cardiology for CAG during November 2009 to October 2010 involving 120 patients. They were divided into group-A (with coronary score ≥7) and group-B (coronary score <7) depending on Gensisni score.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no statistically significant difference regarding the distribution of age, sex and clinical diagnosis and parameters between the two groups. The mean age of patients was 51.7 ± 8.2 years and 48.8 ± 9.1 years in Group A and Group B respectively with a male predominance in both the groups. Patients in group A had higher BMI ≥25 and waist to height ratio (≥0.55) than Group B which showed a statistically significant association (p < 0.001). Though a significant positive correlation (r = 0.296, p = 0.006) was observed between BMI and Coronary artery disease score in group A patients, scenario was reverse fro group B (r = 0.076, p = 0.659). The statement was also true for Waist-to-height ratio and Waist-to-height ratio with BMI. Multivariate analysis also yeilded that a patient with BMI ≥25 kg/m2 and waist-to height ratio of ≥0.55 are 3.06 times and 6.77 times, more likely to develop significant coronary artery disease respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The waist-to-height ratio showed better correlation with the severity of coronary artery disease than the BMI.
authors.forename: Khandker Md Nurus
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Sabah
authors.forename: Abdul Wadud
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
authors.forename: H I Luftur Rahman
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh. parag007us@gmail.com.
authors.forename: A T M Hasibul
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Hasan
authors.forename: Serajul
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haque
authors.forename: Shomsher
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Shamima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawser
authors.forename: Nur
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: Gaffar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.forename: S M Ear E
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mahabub
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D055105:Waist Circumference
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers
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