Adiposity has differing associations with incident coronary heart disease and mortality in the Scottish population: Cross-sectional surveys with follow-up

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 732-739

  Hotchkiss, J W ^a   Davies, C A ^a   Leyland, A H ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

body mass index; coronary heart disease; mortality; Scotland; waist circumference; waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84877585310     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2012.102     Document Type: Article

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