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Body mass index and metabolic risk factors for coronary heart disease in women

Author(s) -

William D. Ashton

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

european heart journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336

H-Index - 293

eISSN - 1522-9645

pISSN - 0195-668X

DOI - 10.1053/euhj.2000.2469

Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , coronary heart disease , epidemiology , framingham risk score , prospective cohort study , cardiology , cohort study , cohort , disease

Prospective epidemiological studies demonstrate an increase in coronary heart disease mortality in women beginning at values of body mass index > or = 22 kg. m(-2). However, the metabolic basis for this observation has not been adequately studied in women. Our aim was to examine the association between body mass index, metabolic coronary heart disease risk factors and a predicted 10-year coronary heart disease risk score in a large occupational cohort of women in the U.K.

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