Interpretation of the "obesity paradox": A 30-year study in patients with cardiovascular disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 112-116

  Iozzo, Patricia ^a   Rossi, Giuseppe ^a   Michelassi, Claudio ^a   Landi, Patrizia ^a   Carpeggiani, Clara ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age; BMI; Heart disease; Mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPERURICEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE; BMI; HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883808535     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.09.061     Document Type: Article

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