Preventive potential of body mass reduction to lower cardiovascular risk: The Italian Progetto CUORE study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-60

  Panico, Salvatore ^a   Palmieri, Luigi ^b   Donfrancesco, Chiara ^b   Vanuzzo, Diego ^c   Chiodini, Paolo ^d   Cesana, Giancarlo ^e   Ferrario, Marco ^f   Mattiello, Amalia ^a   Pilotto, Lorenza ^c   Sega, Roberto ^e   Giampaoli, Simona ^b   Stamler, Jeremiah ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Agenzia Regionale della Sanita   (Italy)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Population data; Prevention; Weight reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 45449100135     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.01.023     Document Type: Article

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