Waist-to-height ratio predicts heart failure incidence

Waist-to-height ratio predicts heart failure incidence, according to research presented today at Heart Failure 2025,1 a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

Obesity affects a substantial proportion of patients with heart failure (HF) and it has been reported that the risk of HF increases as body mass index (BMI) increases.2 Study presenter, Dr. Amra Jujic from Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, explained why the current analysis was carried out: “BMI is the?most…

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