Association of Total and Central Obesity with Mortality in Postmenopausal Women with Coronary Heart Disease

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1161-1170

  Kanaya, Alka M ^a,b   Vittinghoff, Eric ^a,b   Shlipak, Michael G ^a,c   Resnick, Helaine E ^d   Visser, Marjolein ^e   Grady, Deborah ^b,c   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Women's Hlth Clin Research Center   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body mass index; Body weight; Coronary disease; Mortality; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

MORTALITY; WEIGHT; WOMENS HEALTH;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0348010431     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg271     Document Type: Article

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