# Waist-to-height ratio and cardiovascular risk: moving beyond BMI in aging populations

**Authors:** Juan C. Pineda, Diana M. Montano, Liesed N. Urbano

PMC · DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101349 · Lancet Regional Health - Americas · 2025-12-26

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** CAC (MESH:D003324), adiposity (MESH:D018205), heart failure (MESH:D006333), atherosclerosis (MESH:D050197), hypertension (MESH:D006973), obesity (MESH:D009765), cancer (MESH:D009369), diabetes (MESH:D003920), Alzheimer's disease (MESH:D000544), functional decline (MESH:D060825), dyslipidemia (MESH:D050171), metabolic syndrome (MESH:D024821), sarcopenia (MESH:D055948)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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