Big Bellies and Heart Disease Risk

Posted on February 15, 2008 in Latest News

According to the contemporary studies, if your tummy bulges out, then you are at the maximum risk of having heart disease.

Body mass index, which is the measurement of weight in proportion to height, is the basic way to decide that whether the heart disease risk of a person is based on his obesity. For instance, some of the muscular people may have a high BMI, and even then, they can be absolutely fine.

Facts That Researches Reveal

The recent study reveals some hard facts related to the link between big belly and heart disease.

• The sagittal abdominal diameter, that is the space between the top of the pelvis and the upper abdomen midway, would develop the correctness of BMI in forecasting heart disease risk.
• The circumference of waist is generally used to gauge the obesity in the belly area.
• Men who have the largest abdominal diameter are 42% more  prone to develop coronary heart disease than those who have the smallest abdominal diameter.
• For women, the larger abdominal diameter increases the risk of heart disease by 44%

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