Cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in relation to various anthropometric measures of obesity in Europeans

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 295-304

  Song, X ^a,b   Jousilahti, P ^b,n   Stehouwer, C D A ^c   Soderberg S ^d,e   Onat, A ^f,p   Laatikainen, T ^b,g,h   Yudkin, J S ⁱ   Dankner, R ^j,k   Morris, R ⁱ   Tuomilehto, J ^b,l,m,n   Qiao, Q ^a,b,n   Lindstrom J ^b,n   Peltonen, M ^b   Eliasson, M ^d   Zethelius, B ^o   Marmot, M G ^q   Tabak A G ^q,r   Kivimaki M ^q,s   Brunner, E J ^q   Witte, D R ^q,t  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^h Hospital District of North Karelia   (Finland)

ⁱ ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^j GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^k TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^l DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

^m KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

ⁿ ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^o UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^p Turkish Society of Cardiology   (Turkey)

^q UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^r SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^s FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^t STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; All cause mortality; Cardiovascular mortality

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930511512     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: 15903729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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