Research Article

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

Table 5

Mortality hazard association with body measures in ARIC.

Predictor Hazard ratio per SD increase

ARI (linear) 1.43 (1.38–1.49)00.1030.622
ABSI (linear) 1.26 (1.22–1.30)86.00.0930.616
ABSI (nonlinear) 86.40.0930.616
BMI (nonlinear) 121.90.0900.613
HI (nonlinear) 221.50.0780.606
BMI (linear) 1.11 (1.08–1.15)277.30.0700.601
HI (linear) 0.92 (0.89–0.95)294.40.0670.602
(linear) 0.96 (0.93–0.99)312.00.0650.596
None 317.40.0640.593
(nonlinear) 318.80.0660.597

The same as Table 4, but for the ARIC cohort.