Body composition and the obesity paradox in coronary heart disease: Can heavier really be healthier?

Heart

Volumn 101, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 1610-1611

  Lavie, Carl J ^a   Schutter, Alban D ^a   Milani, Richard V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84945449607     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-307966     Document Type: Editorial

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