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Anthropometric trends and the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in a Lithuanian urban population aged 45-64 years

Luksiene, D; Tamosiunas, A; Virviciute, D; Bernotiene, G; Peasey, A; (2015) Anthropometric trends and the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in a Lithuanian urban population aged 45-64 years. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health , 43 (8) pp. 882-889. 10.1177/1403494815597582. Green open access

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Abstract

To estimate trends in anthropometric indexes from 1992 to 2008 and to evaluate the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in relation to anthropometric indexes (body mass index, waist circumference, waist:hip ratio, waist:height ratio).

Type: Article
Title: Anthropometric trends and the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in a Lithuanian urban population aged 45-64 years
Location: Sweden
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1177/1403494815597582
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1403494815597582
Language: English
Additional information: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
Keywords: body mass index, cardiovascular disease, waist circumference, waist:height ratio, waist:hip ratio
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1472737
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