Separate and combined associations of body-mass index and abdominal adiposity with cardiovascular disease: collaborative analysis of 58 prospective studies

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Body mass indexMedicineProspective cohort studyBody volume indexDiseaseAbdominal obesityInternal medicineCardiologyClassification of obesityFat massWaist

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Year: 2011
Type: review
Volume: 377
Issue: 9771
Pages: 1085-1095
Citations: 1173
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                                    David Wormser, 
                                
                                    Stephen Kaptoge, 
                                
                                    Emanuele Di Angelantonio
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2011). 
                            Separate and combined associations of body-mass index and abdominal adiposity with cardiovascular disease: collaborative analysis of 58 prospective studies. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 377
                            (9771)
                            , 1085-1095.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(11)60105-0
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(11)60105-0