Does obesity modify the effect of blood pressure on the risk of cardiovascular disease? A population-based cohort study of more than one million Swedish men

Circulation

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1637-1642

  Silventoinen, Karri ^a   Magnusson, Patrik K E ^b   Neovius, Martin ^b   Sundström, Johan ^c   Batty, G David ^d   Tynelius, Per ^b   Rasmussen, Finn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Epidemiology; Myocardial infarction; Obesity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ELBOW FLEXION; FOLLOW UP; HAND GRIP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STROKE; SWEDEN; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; SWEDEN;

EID: 55949096459     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.772707     Document Type: Article

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