An Anthropometric Risk Index Based on Combining Height, Weight, Waist, and Hip Measurements

Table 4

Mortality hazard association with body measures in NHANES III.

Predictor	Hazard ratio per SD increase
ARI (linear)	1.46 (1.41–1.52)	0	0.065	0.615
BMI (nonlinear)		187.2	0.046	0.591
ABSI (nonlinear)		247.3	0.036	0.585
ABSI (linear)	1.16 (1.12–1.20)	256.4	0.034	0.584
HI (nonlinear)		314.6	0.028	0.567
BMI (linear)	1.07 (1.04–1.10)	326.4	0.025	0.570
(nonlinear)		327.5	0.027	0.569
(linear)	0.96 (0.93–0.99)	336.4	0.024	0.562
None		342.8	0.023	0.555
HI (linear)	0.99 (0.96–1.02)	343.9	0.023	0.558

Results of Cox proportional hazard modeling for mortality risk in NHANES III with , BMI, ABSI, HI, or ARI scores taken as linear or nonlinear predictors. All models also included as predictors sex and race. Ranges in parentheses are 95% confidence intervals for the hazard ratio. Models are arranged in decreasing order of skill (increasing ).
SD: standard deviation; : Akaike information criterion score difference relative to the best-performing model shown (see Methods for details); : measure of explained variation; : concordance.