Overweight and obesity as determinants of cardiovascular risk: The Framingham experience

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1867-1872

  Turpie, Alexander G G ^a   Bauer, Kenneth A ^b   Eriksson, Bengt I ^c   Lassen, Michael R ^d  

^a HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; BODY MASS INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037048167     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.16.1867     Document Type: Article

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