Diabetes, body mass index and the excess risk of coronary heart disease, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration

Objective: To examine the effects of diabetes on coronary heart disease, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke and cardiovascular disease according to category of body mass index. Methods: Data on 161,161 men and women from 31 cohorts (baseline years, 1966-99; mean follow-up, 2-24. years) from the Asia Pa...

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Main Authors: Murakami, Y., Huxley, Rachel, Lam, T., Tsukinoki, R., Fang, X., Kim, H., Woodward, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29305