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- Title
Obesity is associated with fatal coronary heart disease independently of traditional risk factors and deprivation.
- Authors
Logue, Jennifer; Murray, Heather M; Welsh, Paul; Shepherd, James; Packard, Chris; Macfarlane, Peter; Cobbe, Stuart; Ford, Ian; Sattar, Naveed
- Abstract
The effect of body mass index (BMI) on coronary heart disease (CHD) risk is attenuated when mediators of this risk (such as diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia) are accounted for. However, there is now evidence of a differential effect of risk factors on fatal and non-fatal CHD events, with markers of inflammation more strongly associated with fatal than non-fatal events.
- Publication
Heart (British Cardiac Society), 2011, Vol 97, Issue 7, p564
- ISSN
1468-201X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/hrt.2010.211201