Body mass index and total and cardiovascular mortality in men with a history of cardiovascular disease

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 2326-2332

  Widlansky, Michael E ^a   Sesso, Howard D ^b,c   Rexrode, Kathryn M ^b   Manson, JoAnn E ^b   Gaziano, J Michael ^b,c,d,e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 8844272525     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.21.2326     Document Type: Article

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