Obesity and risk of myocardial infarction: the INTERHEART study

Lancet. 2006 Apr 1;367(9516):1052. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68462-6.

Authors

Harald Jörn Schneider¹, Jens Klotsche², Günter Karl Stalla³, Hans-Ulrich Wittchen²

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Clinical Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: schneider@mpipsykl.mpg.de.
² Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University Dresden, Germany.
³ Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Clinical Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany.

PMID: 16581395
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68462-6

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Publication types

Comment
Letter

MeSH terms

Body Mass Index*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / etiology
Dyslipidemias / etiology
Female
Humans
Male
Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
Obesity / complications*
Predictive Value of Tests
Waist-Hip Ratio*