The relationship between waist circumference and the risk of stroke and myocardial infarction in a Japanese Urban cohort: The suita study

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 550-553

  Furukawa, Yoko ^a,b   Kokubo, Yoshihiro ^b   Okamura, Tomonori ^b   Watanabe, Makoto ^b   Higashiyama, Aya ^b   Ono, Yuu ^b   Kawanishi, Katsuyuki ^c   Okayama, Akira ^a,b   Date, Chigusa ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c FUKUJUJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiology; Prospective studies; Stroke; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STROKE; UMBILICUS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77649170647     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.569145     Document Type: Article

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