Behavioral covariates of waist-to-hip ratio in Rancho Bernardo

A. Laws, R.B. Terry and E. Barrett-Connor

American Journal of Public Health, 1990, vol. 80, issue 11, 1358-1362

Abstract: We examined lifestyle and dietary habits in 685 men and 943 women (mean age 67 years) who completed an interview, examination, and food frequency questionnaire in 1984-87. Waist-to-hip ratio increased with age and body mass index in both men and women. In multiple regression, waist-to-hip ratio was independently associated with smoking, alcohol consumption, and exercise in men, and with smoking and alcohol consumption in women. The data suggest that waist-to-hip ratio is affected, at least in part, by behavioral, and potentially modifiable, factors.

Date: 1990
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