Obesity and the risk of myocardial infar
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Salim Yusuf; Steven Hawken; Stephanie Ôunpuu; Leonelo Bautista; Maria Grazia Fra
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Article
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2005
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The Lancet
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English
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Background Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but the most predictive measure for different ethnic populations is not clear. We aimed to assess whether markers of obesity, especially waist-to-hip ratio, would be stronger indicators of myocardial infarction than body-mass inde