Measures of body composition and risk of heart failure in the elderly: The Rotterdam study

[1] McTigue K.(2006)Mortality and cardiac and vascular outcomes in extremely obese women Jama 296 79-86

[2] Larson J.C.(2007)Association of overweight with increased risk of coronary heart disease partly independent of blood pressure and cholesterol levels: a meta-analysis of 21 cohort studies including more than 300 000 persons Arch Intern Med 167 1720-1728

[3] Valoski A.(2007)Cause-specific excess deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity Jama 298 2028-2037

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[6] Lewis C.E.(2001)A comparison of body mass index, waist-hip ratio and waist circumference as predictors of all-cause mortality among the elderly: the Rotterdam study Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 25 1730-1735

[7] Stefanick M.L.(2009)Association of multiple anthropometrics of overweight and obesity with incident heart failure: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study Circ Heart Fail 2 18-24

[8] Van Horn L.(2002)Obesity and the risk of heart failure N Engl J Med 347 305-313

[9] Kuller L.(2006)Abdominal obesity is an independent risk factor for chronic heart failure in older people J Am Geriatr Soc 54 413-420

[10] Bogers R.P.(2009)Adiposity and incidence of heart failure hospitalization and mortality: a population-based prospective study Circ Heart Fail 2 202-208

[1] McTigue K.(2006)Mortality and cardiac and vascular outcomes in extremely obese women Jama 296 79-86

[2] Larson J.C.(2007)Association of overweight with increased risk of coronary heart disease partly independent of blood pressure and cholesterol levels: a meta-analysis of 21 cohort studies including more than 300 000 persons Arch Intern Med 167 1720-1728

[3] Valoski A.(2007)Cause-specific excess deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity Jama 298 2028-2037

[4] Burke G.(2005)Prognostic impact of body weight and abdominal obesity in women and men with cardiovascular disease Am Heart J 149 54-60

[5] Kotchen J.(2008)Heart disease and stroke statistics—2008 update: a report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee Circulation 117 e25-e146

[6] Lewis C.E.(2001)A comparison of body mass index, waist-hip ratio and waist circumference as predictors of all-cause mortality among the elderly: the Rotterdam study Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 25 1730-1735

[7] Stefanick M.L.(2009)Association of multiple anthropometrics of overweight and obesity with incident heart failure: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study Circ Heart Fail 2 18-24

[8] Van Horn L.(2002)Obesity and the risk of heart failure N Engl J Med 347 305-313

[9] Kuller L.(2006)Abdominal obesity is an independent risk factor for chronic heart failure in older people J Am Geriatr Soc 54 413-420

[10] Bogers R.P.(2009)Adiposity and incidence of heart failure hospitalization and mortality: a population-based prospective study Circ Heart Fail 2 202-208