Diabetes, body mass index and the excess risk of coronary heart disease, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-41

  Murakami, Yoshitaka ^a,b   Huxley, Rachel R ^a,c   Lam, Tai Hing ^d   Tsukinoki, Rumi ^a   Fang, Xianghua ^e   Kim, Hyeon Chang ^f   Woodward, Mark ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Diabetes; Effect modification; Pooled analysis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; BODY MASS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 84855490908     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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