Body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-hip ratio on the risk of total and type-specific stroke

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1420-1427

  Hu, Gang ^a,b   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^a,b,c   Silventoinen, Karri ^b   Sarti, Cinzia ^a   Männistö, Satu ^a   Jousilahti, Pekka ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c SOUTH OSTROBOTHNIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

BODY MASS INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 34447334548     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.13.1420     Document Type: Article

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