Obesity in 70-year-old subjects as a risk factor for 15-year coronary heart disease incidence

Obesity Research

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 817-827

  Dey, Debashish K ^a,b   Lissner, Lauren ^b,c  

^a ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BMI; Coronary heart disease; Elderly; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN;

AGED; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0142125286     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2003.113     Document Type: Article

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