The relationship between obesity and coronary artery disease

Translational Research

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 336-344

  Jahangir, Eiman ^a   De Schutter, Alban ^a   Lavie, Carl J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI = body mass index; CABG = coronary artery bypass graft; CAD = coronary artery disease; CI = confidence interval; CVD = cardiovascular disease; DM = diabetes mellitus; HDL C = high density lipid cholesterol; HTN = hypertension; IRO = insulin resistant obese; MetS = metabolic syndrome; MHO = metabolically healthy obese; MI = myocardial infarction; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention; RR = relative risk; STEMI = ST elevation myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION; INSULIN RESISTANCE;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84908022562     PISSN: 19315244     EISSN: 18781810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2014.03.010     Document Type: Review

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