The separate and combined effects of adiposity and cardiometabolic dysfunction on the risk of recurrent cardiovascular events and mortality in patients with manifest vascular disease

Objectives A remarkable variation exists in the cardiometabolic consequences of obesity. We evaluated the separate and combined effects of adiposity and cardiometabolic dysfunction on the occurrence of cardiovascular events and mortality in patients with vascular disease. Methods We prospectively fo...

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Published in:	Heart (British Cardiac Society) Vol. 100; no. 18; pp. 1421 - 1429
Main Authors:	van der Leeuw, J, van der Graaf, Y, Nathoe, H M, de Borst, G J, Kappelle, L J, Visseren, F L J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 15.09.2014
Subjects:	Adiposity Aged Body Mass Index Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnosis Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality Chi-Square Distribution Female Health risk assessment Humans Male Metabolic Syndrome - diagnosis Metabolic Syndrome - mortality Middle Aged Mortality Multivariate Analysis Netherlands - epidemiology Obesity Obesity - diagnosis Obesity - mortality Obesity - physiopathology Prevalence Prognosis Proportional Hazards Models Prospective Studies Recurrence Risk Assessment Risk Factors Time Factors METABOLIC MEDICINE
ISSN:	1355-6037, 1468-201X, 1468-201X
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