The Study of Anthropometric Parameters to Predict Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Adult Population of Western Rajasthan

Cardiovascular disease is the most serious and immediate health problem in many countries nowadays. Thus the present study was performed on 100 male patients wtih cardiovascular disease to determine the values of simple anthropometric parameters in each. BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference, waist to hip ratio, waist to height ratio and skin folds were measured. Observations showed that all parameters are positively linked with cardiovascular disease riskfactors but peripheral skin folds were negatively linked.