Obesity and risk of myocardial infarction: the INTERHEART study

Lancet

Volumn 367, Issue 9516, 2006, Pages 1052-

  Schneider, Harald Jörn ^a   Klotsche, Jens ^b   Stalla, Günter Karl ^a   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; FEMALE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33645727772     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68462-6     Document Type: Letter

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