Do measures of general and central adiposity have sex-specific associations with the risk of myocardial infarction?
Central adiposity measures, particularly waist-to-hip ratio, are stronger predictors of myocardial infarction than BMI, with a disproportionately greater risk observed in women compared to men.
Although general and central adiposity measures each have profound deleterious effects on the risk of MI in both sexes, a higher waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio conferred a greater excess risk of MI in women than in men. Waist-to-hip ratio was more strongly associated with the risk of MI than body mass index in both sexes, especially in women.
Peters et al. (Thu,) studied this question.