Central obesity and survival in subjects with coronary artery disease: a systematic review of the literature and collaborative analysis with individual subject data

The aim of this study was to examine the association of central (waist circumference [WC] and waist-hip ratio [WHR]) and total obesity (body mass index [BMI]) measures with mortality in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients. The question of which measure of obesity better predicts survival in patie...

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Published in:	Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 57; no. 19; p. 1877
Main Authors:	Coutinho, Thais, Goel, Kashish, Corrêa de Sá, Daniel, Kragelund, Charlotte, Kanaya, Alka M, Zeller, Marianne, Park, Jong-Seon, Kober, Lars, Torp-Pedersen, Christian, Cottin, Yves, Lorgis, Luc, Lee, Sang-Hee, Kim, Young-Jo, Thomas, Randal, Roger, Véronique L, Somers, Virend K, Lopez-Jimenez, Francisco
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 10.05.2011
Subjects:	Animals Body Mass Index Cohort Studies Cooperative Behavior Coronary Artery Disease - complications Coronary Artery Disease - mortality Follow-Up Studies Humans Obesity, Abdominal - complications Obesity, Abdominal - mortality Survival Rate - trends
ISSN:	1558-3597, 1558-3597
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