Impact of body mass index on coronary heart disease risk factors in men and women: The Framingham Offspring Study

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1509-1515

  Lamon Fava, Stefania ^a   Wilson, Peter W F ^b   Schaefer, Ernst J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Framingham Study   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; body mass index; cholesterol; coronary heart disease; diabetes mellitus; lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BILE LEVEL; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030454116     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.16.12.1509     Document Type: Article

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