The predictive value of different measures of obesity for incident cardiovascular events and mortality

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1777-1785

  Schneider, Harald J ^a,b   Friedrich, Nele ^c   Klotsche, Jens ^d   Pieper, Lars ^d   Nauck, Matthias ^c   John, Ulrich ^c   Dörr, Marcus ^c   Felix, Stephan ^c   Lehnert, Hendrik ^e   Pittrow, David ^f   Silber, Sigmund ^g   Völzke, Henry ^c   Stalla, Günter K ^b   Wallaschofski, Henri ^c   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^d  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^f DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g Cardiologic Practice   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOASSAY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EDUCATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POPULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951626838     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-1584     Document Type: Article

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