[Correlation of body mass index [BMI] and waist-to-hip ratio with risk of acute myocardial infarction]

ABSTRACT

Background: obesity is associated with many metabolic and cardiovascular diseases, for example, a direct and indirect relation has been established between obesity and diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension and atherosclerosis. But whether regional fat distribution contributes independently to risk remained unclear. This study was designed to determine relation between central obesity and acute myocardial infarction [AMI]