Abdominal Obesity and the Risk of All-Cause, Cardiovascular, and Cancer Mortality
Abstract
Background— Accumulating evidence indicates that abdominal adiposity is positively related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and some other diseases independently of overall adiposity. However, the association of premature death resulting from these diseases with abdominal adiposity has not been widely studied, and findings are inconsistent. Methods and Results— In a prospective cohort study of 44 636 women in the Nurses’ Health Study,...
Paper Details
Title
Abdominal Obesity and the Risk of All-Cause, Cardiovascular, and Cancer Mortality
Published Date
Apr 1, 2008
Journal
Volume
117
Issue
13
Pages
1658 - 1667
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