Conicity Index and Waist-to-Hip Ratio Are Superior Obesity Indices in Predicting 10-Year Cardiovascular Risk Among Men and Women

The Global Burden of Ischemic Heart Disease in 1990 and 2010

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2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk

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Association of waist circumference, body mass index and conicity index with cardiovascular risk factors in postmenopausal women : cardiovascular topic

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Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

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Do obesity and parental history of myocardial infarction improve cardiovascular risk prediction?

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Relationships between body mass index, cardiovascular mortality, and risk factors: a report from the SCORE investigators

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The Predictive Value of Different Measures of Obesity for Incident Cardiovascular Events and Mortality

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Body mass index and waist circumference predict both 10-year nonfatal and fatal cardiovascular disease risk: study conducted in 20 000 Dutch men and women aged 20–65 years

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Body-mass index and cause-specific mortality in 900 000 adults: collaborative analyses of 57 prospective studies

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Optimal cut-points for body mass index, waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio using the Framingham coronary heart disease risk score in an Arab population of the Middle East

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Indices of abdominal obesity are better discriminators of cardiovascular risk factors than BMI: a meta-analysis

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General and Abdominal Adiposity and Risk of Death in Europe

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Comparison of waist circumference, body mass index, percent body fat and other measure of adiposity in identifying cardiovascular disease risks among Thai adults

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Association between obesity indices and blood pressure or hypertension: which index is the best?

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