Open AccessWeight Change and the Onset of Cardiovascular Diseases: Emulating Trials Using Electronic Health Records
Author(s) -
Michail Katsoulis,
Bianca De Stavola,
Karla Díaz-Ordaz,
Manuel Gomes,
Alvina Lai,
Παγώνα Λάγιου,
Goya Wannamethee,
Konstantinos K. Tsilidis,
R Thomas Lumbers,
Spiros Denaxas,
Amitava Banerjee,
Constantinos Parisinos,
Rachel L. Batterham,
Riyaz Patel,
Claudia Langenberg,
Harry Hemingway
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0000000000001393
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , myocardial infarction , weight change , weight loss , body mass index , weight gain , stroke (engine) , confounding , obesity , demography , body weight , mechanical engineering , sociology , engineering
Cross-sectional measures of body mass index (BMI) are associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence, but less is known about whether weight change affects the risk of CVD.