Waist-hip ratio and low HDL predict the risk of coronary artery disease in Pakistanis.

Objective: To establish risk factor causal associations for coronary artery disease (CAD) in the native Pakistani population.

Methods: We conducted a hospital-based, case-control study of 200 cases with angiographically documented CAD and 200 age- and sex-matched controls without angiographic evidence of CAD. Patients on lipid lowering therapy were excluded.