Adolescent BMI Trajectory and Risk of Diabetes versus Coronary Disease

Tirosh, Amir; Shai, Iris; Afek, Arnon; Dubnov‐Raz, Gal; Ayalon, Nir; Gordon, Barak; Derazne, Estela; Tzur, Dorit; Shamis, Ari; Vinker, Shlomo; Rudich, Assaf

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1006992

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Adolescent BMI Trajectory and Risk of Diabetes versus Coronary Disease

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Apr 7, 2011

Authors:

Amir Tirosh

Iris Shai

Arnon Afek

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The association of body-mass index (BMI) from adolescence to adulthood with obesity-related diseases in young adults has not been completely delineated. METHODS: We conducted a prospective study in which we followed 37,674 apparently healthy young men for incident angiography-proven coro...

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Medicine

Hazard ratio

Body mass index

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