Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of myocardial infarction according changes in waist circumference (DWC).

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval. DBMI, changes in body mass index. DWC, changes in waist circumference HR, hazard ratio.
*Adjusted for years between examinations, age, chronic diseases, waist circumference in 1993–97, sex (combined analyses).
†Adjusted for smoking, Mediterranean diet score, energy intake, education, drinking pattern, sports activity.
‡Adjusted for changes in body mass index and body mass index in 1993–97.
§Associations were not notably different in men and women.
Associations were accepted to be linear.