The Relationship Between Waist Circumference and the Risk of Stroke and Myocardial Infarction in a Japanese Urban Cohort | Zendy

Yoko Furukawa | Zendy; Yoshihiro Kokubo | Zendy; Tomonori Okamura | Zendy; Makoto Watanabe | Zendy; Aya Higashiyama | Zendy; Yuu Ono | Zendy; Katsuyuki Kawanishi | Zendy; Akira Okayama | Zendy; Chigusa Date | Zendy

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The Relationship Between Waist Circumference and the Risk of Stroke and Myocardial Infarction in a Japanese Urban Cohort

Author(s) -

Yoko Furukawa,

Yoshihiro Kokubo,

Tomonori Okamura,

Makoto Watanabe,

Aya Higashiyama,

Yuu Ono,

Katsuyuki Kawanishi,

Akira Okayama,

Chigusa Date

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.109.569145

Subject(s) - medicine , waist , quartile , body mass index , stroke (engine) , hazard ratio , myocardial infarction , cohort , proportional hazards model , population , circumference , diabetes mellitus , cardiology , demography , confidence interval , environmental health , endocrinology , mechanical engineering , geometry , mathematics , sociology , engineering

Body mass index is most commonly used as the obesity index. Recently, waist circumference (WC) has been shown to be associated with the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, no studies have observed an association between WC and CVD in Japan. We examined the relationships of WC and body mass index with CVD in a Japanese urban population.

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