Weight change and risk of heart attack in middle-aged British men

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 694-703

  Walker, M ^a   Wannamethee, G ^a   Whincup, P H ^a   Shaper, A G ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart attack; Males; Risk; Weight gain; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0029164346     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/24.4.694     Document Type: Article

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