Impact of abdominal obesity and systemic hypertension on risk of coronary heart disease in men and women: The EPIC-Norfolk population study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2224-2230

  Rhéaume, Caroline ^a,b   Arsenault, Benoit J ^a,b   Faha, Jean Pierre Després ^a,b   Boekholdt, S Matthijs ^c   Wareham, Nicholas J ^d   Khaw, Kay Tee ^e   Chir, Mbb ^d  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Coronary heart disease; Systemic hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BODY MASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84927693153     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000307     Document Type: Article

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