Obesity as compared with physical activity in predicting risk of coronary heart disease in women

Circulation

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 499-506

  Li, Tricia Y ^a   Rana, Jamal S ^b   Manson, JoAnn E ^a   Willett, Walter C ^a   Stampfer, Meir J ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^a   Rexrode, Kathryn M ^a   Hu, Frank B ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Epidemiology; Exercise; Obesity; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EXERCISE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33644859289     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.574087     Document Type: Article

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