Measures of adiposity and future risk of ischemic stroke and coronary heart disease in older men and women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-25

  Kizer, Jorge R ^a,b   Biggs, Mary L ^c   Ix, Joachim H ^d,e   Mukamal, Kenneth J ^f   Zieman, Susan J ^g   De Boer, Ian H ^h   Mozaffarian, Dariush ⁱ   Barzilay, Joshua I ^j   Strotmeyer, Elsa S ^k   Luchsinger, Jose A ^k   Elkind, Mitchell S V ^b   Longstreth Jr , W T ^b,g   Kuller, Lewis H ^k   Siscovick, David S ^g  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^k New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

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Author keywords

aging; body composition; body size; coronary disease; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; INDEX METHOD; STANDARDIZATION; STROKE;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSITY; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650469797     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq311     Document Type: Article

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