A comparison between BMI and conicity index on predicting coronary heart disease: The Framingham Heart Study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 424-431

  Kim, Kyung S ^a   Owen, Willis L ^b   Williams, Deborah ^c   Adams Campbell, Lucile L ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; CHD; Conicity index; Framingham Heart Study; Incidence; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONICITY INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WEIGHT;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0033831718     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(00)00065-X     Document Type: Article

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