Prediction of cardiovascular disease risk using waist circumference among Aboriginals in a remote Australian community

BMC Public Health

Zhiqiang Wang¹  Wendy Hoy¹  Odewumi Adegbija¹ 

[1] Centre for Chronic Disease, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

关键词: Absolute risk;    Hazard ratio;    Cardiovascular disease (CVD);    Waist circumference (WC);   

Others  :  1122804
DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-015-1406-1

 received in 2014-05-05, accepted in 2015-01-12,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

Elevated waist circumference (WC) is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Aboriginals in Australia are at higher risk of CVD compared to non-Aboriginals. We examined the association between waist circumference and CVD, and developed a model for projecting absolute risk of cardiovascular disease using WC and age in one high risk Australian Aboriginal community.

Methods

We followed up 920 (470 men, 450 women) participants (more than 80% of the eligible population) aged 18 to 76 years, without CVD at baseline, for up to 20 years. Hazard ratios were estimated using Cox proportional hazards models adjusting for potential confounding factors. Absolute risk was estimated using the Weibull regression model.

Results

Of 920 study participants, 156 males and 177 females developed CVD in the follow-up period. Incidence rates for males and females in the 4th WC quartile (Q4) were 38.3 (95% CI 29.6, 49.7) and 47.2 (95% CI 37.1, 60.3) respectively. Crude hazard ratios of CVD for Q4 WC group using Q1 (quartile 1) as the referent quartile were 2.9 (95% CI 1.8- 4.6) for males and 3.5 (95% CI 2.2- 5.5) for females. Association remained after controlling for age, smoking status and alcohol drinking status (HR = 1.8 for males and HR = 3.1 for females). At 45 years of age with baseline waist circumference of 100 cm, a male had an absolute CVD risk of 32.5%, while a female had a 30.6% risk of the disease.

Conclusions

Risk of CVD among participants increased with increasing WC, and the relationship was accentuated with increasing age. The prediction model provides a tool for understanding the combined effects of WC with age on CVD events in the Australian Aboriginal community. It is simple and easily understood and will assist in identifying individuals at risk of CVD in relation to waist circumference values.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Adegbija et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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