Body mass index and incident ischemic heart disease in South Korean men and women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-48

  Jee, Sun Ha ^a   Pastor Barriuso, Roberto ^b   Appel, Lawrence J ^c,d,e   Sun, Il ^a   Miller III, Edgar R ^c,d,e   Guallar, Eliseo ^c,d  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian continental ancestry group; Body mass index; Body weight; Myocardial ischemia; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GENDER DISPARITY;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SMOKING; SOUTH KOREA;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 21244487136     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi166     Document Type: Article

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