Body Fat Distribution and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Men and Women in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition in Norfolk Cohort
Author(s) -
Dexter Canoy,
S. Matthijs Boekholdt,
Nicholas J. Wareham,
Robert Luben,
Ailsa Welch,
Sheila Bingham,
Iain Buchan,
Nicholas Day,
KayTee Khaw
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.673756
Subject(s) - medicine , waist , body mass index , hazard ratio , prospective cohort study , circumference , waist to height ratio , cardiology , waist–hip ratio , proportional hazards model , abdominal obesity , risk factor , body volume index , confidence interval , classification of obesity , fat mass , geometry , mathematics
Body fat distribution has been cross-sectionally associated with atherosclerotic disease risk factors, but the prospective relation with coronary heart disease remains uncertain.
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