Waist-to-Height Ratio Is More Predictive of Years of Life Lost than Body Mass Index
Figure 5
YLL relative to WHtR 0.5 in male non-smokers.
There is a J-shaped association between WHtR and YLL at all three of the representative ages. The optimal YLL is at WHtR 0.5 and YLL figures relate to this reference value. There is minimal increased mortality risk in the ‘OK’ range of WHtR i.e from 0.4 to 0.5. At the lower two representative ages, males have an increased risk of mortality if they are in the ‘Consider Action’ (WHtR 0.5 to 0.6) range. YLL increases markedly after WHtR 0.6 (the ‘Take Action’ category) at all three of the representative ages.