Body Mass Index From Early‐, Mid‐, and Older‐Adulthood and Risk of Heart Failure and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: MESA

Background Obesity contributes significantly to risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and especially for heart failure (HF). An elevated body mass index (BMI) in older adults might not carry the same risk as in younger adults, but measured weights at other lifetime points are often...

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Main Authors: Michael Fliotsos, Di Zhao, Vishal N. Rao, Chiadi E. Ndumele, Eliseo Guallar, Gregory L. Burke, Dhanajay Vaidya, Joseph (Chris) A. Delaney, Erin D. Michos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-11-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
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Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.118.009599