Anthropometric measures of obesity and risk of venous thromboembolism: The tromsø study

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-127

  Borch, Knut H ^a   Brækkan, Sigrid K ^a   Mathiesen, Ellisiv B ^a,b   Njølstad, Inger ^a   Wilsgaard, Tom ^a   Størmer, Jan ^c   Hansen, John Bjarne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Institute of Clinical Medicine   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Obesity; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 73849135281     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.109.188920     Document Type: Article

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