One Year Improvements in Cardiovascular Risk Factors: a Comparative Trial of Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass vs. Adjustable Gastric Banding

[1] Hubert HB(1983)Obesity as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease: a 26-year follow-up of participants in the Framingham Heart Study Circulation 67 968-977

[2] Feinleib M(1996)Impact of body mass index on coronary heart disease risk factors in men and women. The Framingham Offspring Study Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 16 1509-1515

[3] McNamara PM(1993)Body weight and mortality. A 27-year follow-up of middle-aged men Jama 270 2823-2828

[4] Lamon-Fava S(1995)Body weight and mortality among women N Engl J Med 333 677-685

[5] Wilson PW(2008)Why is the developed world obese? Annu Rev Public Health 29 273-295

[6] Schaefer EJ(1999)Evaluating novel cardiovascular risk factors: can we better predict heart attacks? Ann Intern Med 130 933-937

[7] Lee IM(1997)Shattuck lecture—cardiovascular medicine at the turn of the millennium: triumphs, concerns, and opportunities N Engl J Med 337 1360-1369

[8] Manson JE(2002)Value of HDL cholesterol, apolipoprotein A-I, lipoprotein A-I, and lipoprotein A-I/A-II in prediction of coronary heart disease: the PRIME Study. Prospective Epidemiological Study of Myocardial Infarction Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 22 1155-1161

[9] Hennekens CH(1997)Plasma homocysteine levels and mortality in patients with coronary artery disease N Engl J Med 337 230-236

[10] Manson JE(2002)Comparison of C-reactive protein and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in the prediction of first cardiovascular events N Engl J Med 347 1557-1565

[1] Hubert HB(1983)Obesity as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease: a 26-year follow-up of participants in the Framingham Heart Study Circulation 67 968-977

[2] Feinleib M(1996)Impact of body mass index on coronary heart disease risk factors in men and women. The Framingham Offspring Study Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 16 1509-1515

[3] McNamara PM(1993)Body weight and mortality. A 27-year follow-up of middle-aged men Jama 270 2823-2828

[4] Lamon-Fava S(1995)Body weight and mortality among women N Engl J Med 333 677-685

[5] Wilson PW(2008)Why is the developed world obese? Annu Rev Public Health 29 273-295

[6] Schaefer EJ(1999)Evaluating novel cardiovascular risk factors: can we better predict heart attacks? Ann Intern Med 130 933-937

[7] Lee IM(1997)Shattuck lecture—cardiovascular medicine at the turn of the millennium: triumphs, concerns, and opportunities N Engl J Med 337 1360-1369

[8] Manson JE(2002)Value of HDL cholesterol, apolipoprotein A-I, lipoprotein A-I, and lipoprotein A-I/A-II in prediction of coronary heart disease: the PRIME Study. Prospective Epidemiological Study of Myocardial Infarction Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 22 1155-1161

[9] Hennekens CH(1997)Plasma homocysteine levels and mortality in patients with coronary artery disease N Engl J Med 337 230-236

[10] Manson JE(2002)Comparison of C-reactive protein and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in the prediction of first cardiovascular events N Engl J Med 347 1557-1565