Prospective study on waist circumference and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: Pooled analysis of Japanese community-based studies

Circulation Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2867-2874

  Saito, Isao ^a   Kokubo, Yoshihiro ^b   Kiyohara, Yutaka ^c   Doi, Yasufumi ^c   Saitoh, Shigeyuki ^d,e   Ohnishi, Hirofumi ^d,e   Miyamoto, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Mortality; Prospective study; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84870555725     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-11-1259     Document Type: Article

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