Measures of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Among Men and Women

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 605-615

  Gelber, Rebecca P ^a,d   Gaziano, J Michael ^a,c   Orav, E John ^a,b   Manson, JoAnn E ^a,b   Buring, Julie E ^a,b,c   Kurth, Tobias ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; epidemiology; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 48849105331     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.03.066     Document Type: Article

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