Metabolically healthy obesity and the risk of cardiovascular disease in the elderly population

• Main Authors: Dhana K., Koolhaas C.M., Van Rossum E.F.C., Ikram M.A., Hofman A., Kavousi M., Franco O.H.
• Other Authors: DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL
• Format: Article
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: antidiabetic agent; antihypertensive agent; antilipemic agent; aged; Article; body height; body mass; body weight; cardiovascular disease; cardiovascular risk; cerebrovascular accident; confidence interval; diabetes mellitus; disease association; female; follow up; hazard ratio; heart infarction; human; hyperlipidemia; hypertension; ischemic heart disease; major clinical study; male; metabolic syndrome X; metabolically benign obesity; mortality; multivariate analysis; Netherlands; obesity; proportional hazards model; waist circumference; blood; Cardiovascular Diseases; complication; middle aged; Obesity, Metabolically Benign; prospective study; risk factor; Aged; Body Mass Index; Female; Humans; Male; Metabolic Syndrome X; Middle Aged; Proportional Hazards Models; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/161574
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1371/journal.pone.0154273