Published on: April 27th, 2008
Article by: Anthony Wilson
Scientific studies suggest that taller people are at a lower risk of coronary heart disease, even after adjusting for other heart disease risk factors. Studies have found that on average a 1cm (0.4 inch) increase in height is associated with around a 2% decrease in the risk of coronary heart disease.
One of the largest studies on the relationship between heart disease and height was published in the American Journal of Epidemiology in 1995.
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Published on: April 22nd, 2008
Article by: Anthony Wilson
Women with a normal body mass index (BMI) but a waist size greater than 88 cm (35 inches) have three times the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease than women with a waist size less than 88 cm according to a recent study published online in the journal Circulation in March of this year.
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Harvard Medical School in Boston analyzed 44,636 women who were part of of the Nurses Health Study. At the beginning of the study in 1976, the average age of the women was 50. The participants were followed up every two years for the duration of the 16 year study.
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Published on: March 7th, 2008
Article by: Anthony Wilson
According to several recent studies, both waist size and the waist to hip ratio may be better indicators of heart disease risk than the traditional Body Mass Index (BMI).
The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends that people aim for a BMI of between 18.5 and 24.9 however most Americans have a BMI well above this range.
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