Obesity Research & Clinical Practice
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages e171-e181 , July 2010

Body mass index, waist circumference, and risk of coronary heart disease: A prospective study among men and women

  • Alan J. Flint

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
    • Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, United States. Tel.: +1 617 432 4508.
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  • Kathryn M. Rexrode

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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  • Frank B. Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
    • Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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  • Robert J. Glynn

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
    • Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
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  • Hervé Caspard

      Affiliations

    • Department of US Medical Affairs, Sanofi-Aventis, Bridgewater, NJ, United States
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  • JoAnn E. Manson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
    • Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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  • Walter C. Willett

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
    • Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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  • Eric B. Rimm

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
    • Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

Received 31 December 2009 ,Accepted 10 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2010.01.001

Obesity Research & Clinical Practice
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages e171-e181 , July 2010

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