Body Mass Index From Early‐, Mid‐, and Older‐Adulthood and Risk of Heart Failure and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: MESA
Fliotsos M, Zhao D, Rao VN, Ndumele CE, Guallar E, Burke GL, Vaidya D, Delaney J, Michos ED. Body Mass Index From Early‐, Mid‐, and Older‐Adulthood and Risk of Heart Failure and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: MESA. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2018, 7: e009599. PMID: 30571492, PMCID: PMC6404455, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.118.009599.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseSelf-reported weightHigher body mass indexCurrent body mass indexIncident heart failureHeart failureASCVD eventsMass indexCardiovascular diseaseAge 20Baseline body mass indexElevated body mass indexIncident atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseOlder adultsCardiovascular risk factorsAge 20 yearsASCVD riskHF riskBaseline examinationHazard ratioBackground ObesityMESA participantsPrognostic informationRisk factors