Separate and combined associations of body-mass index and abdominal adiposity with cardiovascular disease: collaborative analysis of 58 prospective studies

BACKGROUND: Guidelines differ about the value of assessment of adiposity measures for cardiovascular disease risk prediction when information is available for other risk factors. We studied the separate and combined associations of body-mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio w...

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Autor principal: The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lancet Publishing Group 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3145074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21397319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60105-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3145074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21397319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60105-0

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