Obesity and risk of myocardial infarction: the INTERHEART study

Lancet. 2006 Apr 1;367(9516):1051-1052. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68461-4.

Authors

Thomas Thum¹, Stefan D Anker²

Affiliations

¹ Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Medizinische Klinik I, Würzburg, Germany; Imperial College London, National Heart and Lung Institute and Faculty of Medicine, London SW3 6LY, UK.
² Imperial College London, National Heart and Lung Institute and Faculty of Medicine, London SW3 6LY, UK; Applied Cachexia Research, Department of Cardiology, Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: s.anker@cachexia.de.

PMID: 16581394
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68461-4

No abstract available

Publication types

Comment
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Body Mass Index
Humans
Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
Myocardial Infarction / mortality
Obesity / complications*
Risk Factors
Waist-Hip Ratio*