The risk of general and abdominal adiposity in the occurrence of new vascular events and mortality in patients with various manifestations of vascular disease

Separate and combined associations of body-mass index and abdominal adiposity with cardiovascular disease: collaborative analysis of 58 prospective studies

(2011) The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration   LANCET

Patients with coronary, cerebrovascular or peripheral arterial obstructive disease differ in risk for new vascular events and mortality: the SMART study

(2010) Sefanja Achterberg et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION

Excess Body Weight and Incidence of Stroke

(2010) Pasquale Strazzullo et al.   STROKE

Abdominal obesity and peripheral vascular disease in men and women: A comparison of waist-to-thigh ratio and waist circumference as measures of abdominal obesity

(2009) Bing Lu et al.   ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Body mass index and outcome in patients with coronary, cerebrovascular, or peripheral artery disease: findings from the FRENA registry

(2009) Raquel Barba et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION

The prognostic impact of general and abdominal obesity in peripheral arterial disease

(2009) G Giugliano et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease

(2009) Carl J. Lavie et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

The Impact of Body Mass Index on Mortality After Stroke

(2009) Amytis Towfighi et al.   STROKE

The Obesity Paradox in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease

(2008) Wael Galal et al.   CHEST

Association of adiponectin with adverse outcome in coronary artery disease patients: results from the AtheroGene study

(2008) R. Schnabel et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Body-mass index and incidence of cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective observational studies

(2008) Andrew G Renehan et al.   LANCET

General and Abdominal Adiposity and Risk of Death in Europe

(2008) T. Pischon et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

BMI vs. Waist Circumference for Identifying Vascular Risk

(2008) Matthew S. Freiberg et al.   Obesity