Body mass index and cardiovascular disease mortality in Japan: The Ohsaki Study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-70

  Funada, Satoshi ^a   Shimazu, Taichi ^a,b   Kakizaki, Masako ^a   Kuriyama, Shinichi ^a   Sato, Yuki ^a,c   Matsuda Ohmori, Kaori ^a   Nishino, Yoshikazu ^d   Tsuji, Ichiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^d MIYAGI CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cardiovascular disease; Japan; Mortality; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STROKE; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OBESITY; STROKE; THINNESS;

EID: 45449084789     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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