Body mass index and mortality from ischaemic heart disease in a lean population: 10 year prospective study of 220 000 adult men

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 141-150

  Chen, Zhengming ^a   Yang, Gonghuan ^b,c   Zhou, Maigeng ^b   Smith, Margaret ^a   Offer, Alison ^a   Ma, Jieming ^b,c   Wang, Lijun ^b,c   Pan, Hongchao ^a   Whitlock, Gary ^a   Collins, Rory ^a   Niu, Shiru ^b   Peto, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cohort study; Epidemiology; IHD

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OBESITY; SMOKING; THINNESS;

EID: 32144444134     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi215     Document Type: Article

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