Body mass index in early and middle adult life: Prospective associations with myocardial infarction, stroke and diabetes over a 30-year period: The British Regional Heart Study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Owen, Christopher G ^a   Kapetanakis, Venediktos V ^a   Rudnicka, Alicja R ^a   Wathern, Andrea K ^a   Lennon, Lucy ^b   Papacosta, Olia ^b   Cook, Derek G ^a   Wannamethee, S Goya ^b   Whincup, Peter H ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; CAUCASIAN; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84947940401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008105     Document Type: Article

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