Obesity and the risk of myocardial infarction in 27 000 participants from 52 countries: A case-control study

Lancet

Volumn 366, Issue 9497, 2005, Pages 1640-1649

  Yusuf, Salim ^a,k   Hawken, Steven ^a   Ôunpuu, Stephanie ^a   Bautista, Leonelo ^b   Franzosi, Maria Grazia ^c   Commerford, Patrick ^d   Lang, Chim C ^e   Rumboldt, Zvonko ^f   Onen, Churchill L ^g   Lisheng, Liu ^h   Tanomsup, Supachai ⁱ   Wangai Jr , Paul ^j   Razak, Fahad ^a   Sharma, Arya M ^a   Anand, Sonia S ^a  

^a HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^g Gaborone Private Hospital   (Botswana)

^h FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

ⁱ MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^j Nairobi Women's Hospital   (Kenya)

^k HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC OBESITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 27644457743     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67663-5     Document Type: Article

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