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Waist-to-Height Ratio Beats BMI at Predicting Heart Failure Risk.

A 2025 analysis within the Malmö Preventive Project (1,792 adults, ~13 years follow-up) found that a higher waist‑to‑height ratio (WtHR)—not BMI—was strongly linked to incident heart failure.