New insights into the true nature of the obesity paradox and the lower cardiovascular risk

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-94

  Chrysant, Steven G ^a   Chrysant, George S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b INTEGRIS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; coronary artery disease; heart failure; hypertension; obesity paradox; waist circumference; waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDLINE; OBESITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNDERWEIGHT; VALIDITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84872352539     PISSN: 19331711     EISSN: 18787436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jash.2012.11.008     Document Type: Review

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