Long- and short-term weight change and incident coronary heart disease and ischemic stroke

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 239-248

  Stevens, June ^a,b   Erber, Eva ^a   Truesdale, Kimberly P ^a   Wang, Chin Hua ^a   Cai, Jianwen ^b  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; body weight changes; coronary heart disease; ischemic stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENDER; HEALTH RISK; OBESITY; RACE; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT CHANGES; CORONARY HEART DISEASE; ISCHEMIC STROKE;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880541028     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws461     Document Type: Article

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