Body mass index in late adolescence and its association with coronary heart disease and stroke in middle age among Swedish men

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 777-783

  Falkstedt, D ^a,b   Hemmingsson, T ^a,b   Rasmussen, F ^b   Lundberg, I ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescence; BMI; CHD; Epidemiology; Life course; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; SWEDEN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STROKE; SWEDEN;

EID: 34247541372     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803480     Document Type: Article

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