Intentional weight loss, blood lipids and coronary morbidity and mortality

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-9

  Eilat Adar, Sigal ^a,d   Goldbourt, Uri ^b   Resnick, Helaine E ^c   Howard, Barbara V ^c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

METFORMIN;

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; EXERCISE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING;

EID: 14744296684     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-200502000-00003     Document Type: Review

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