Normal-Weight Central Obesity and Mortality Risk in Older Adults With Coronary Artery Disease

To study the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and central obesity and mortality in elderly patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). We identified 7057 patients 65 years or older from 5 cohort studies assessing mortality risk using either waist circumference (WC) or waist-hip ratio (WHR...

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Published in:	Mayo Clinic proceedings Vol. 91; no. 3; pp. 343 - 351
Main Authors:	Sharma, Saurabh, Batsis, John A., Coutinho, Thais, Somers, Virend K., Hodge, David O., Carter, Rickey E., Sochor, Ondrej, Kragelund, Charlotte, Kanaya, Alka M., Zeller, Marianne, Park, Jong-Seon, Køber, Lars, Torp-Pedersen, Christian, Lopez-Jimenez, Francisco
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Inc 01.03.2016 Frontline Medical Communications Inc Elsevier Limited Elsevier
Subjects:	Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Analysis Body Mass Index Care and treatment Cause of Death Cohort Studies Complications and side effects Coronary Artery Disease - epidemiology Coronary Artery Disease - mortality Coronary heart disease Denmark - epidemiology Female France - epidemiology Health aspects Human health and pathology Humans Internal Medicine Life Sciences Male Obesity Obesity, Abdominal - epidemiology Obesity, Abdominal - mortality Proportional Hazards Models Risk Factors Sex Factors United States - epidemiology Denmark France United States WHR NWCO CV CAD HR WC BMI coronary artery disease waist-hip ratio waist circumference body mass index cardiovascular hazard ratio normal-weight central obesity Acute Myocardial-Infarction Body-Mass Index Cardiorespiratory Fitness Sarcopenic Obesity 3rd National-Health Cardiovascular-Disease Nutrition Examination Survey Waist-Hip Ratio Heart-Disease All-Cause Mortality
ISSN:	0025-6196, 1942-5546, 1942-5546
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