Body fat percentage, body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio as predictors of mortality and cardiovascular disease

Heart

Volumn 100, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 1613-1619

  Myint, Phyo Kyaw ^a   Kwok, Chun Shing ^a,b   Luben, Robert N ^c   Wareham, Nicholas J ^d   Khaw, Kay Tee ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RISK; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; WAIST HIP RATIO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; INCIDENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADIPOSITY; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84907195706     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-305816     Document Type: Article

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