The Age-Specific Quantitative Effects of Metabolic Risk Factors on Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes: A Pooled Analysis

Gitanjali M Singh; Goodarz Danaei; Farshad Farzadfar; Gretchen A Stevens; Mark Woodward; David Wormser; Stephen Kaptoge; Gary Whitlock; Qing Qiao; Sarah Lewington; Emanuele Di Angelantonio; Stephen Vander Hoorn; Carlene M.M. Lawes; Mohammed K. Ali; Dariush Mozaffarian; Majid Ezzati

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065174

Abstract

Our results provide robust, comparable and precise estimates of the effects of major metabolic risk factors on CVD and diabetes by age group.

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MedicineStroke (engine)Diabetes mellitusInternal medicineConfoundingBody mass indexRisk factorBlood pressureEpidemiologyRelative riskCohortCardiologyEndocrinologyConfidence interval

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Year: 2013
Type: article
Volume: 8
Issue: 7
Pages: e65174-e65174
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                                    Gitanjali M Singh, 
                                
                                    Goodarz Danaei, 
                                
                                    Farshad Farzadfar
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2013). 
                            The Age-Specific Quantitative Effects of Metabolic Risk Factors on Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes: A Pooled Analysis. 
                            PLoS ONE
                            , 8
                            (7)
                            , e65174-e65174.
                            https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065174
                        

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065174