2015
Mediators of the Effect of Body Mass Index on Coronary Heart Disease
Lu Y, Hajifathalian K, Rimm EB, Ezzati M, Danaei G. Mediators of the Effect of Body Mass Index on Coronary Heart Disease. Epidemiology 2015, 26: 153-162. PMID: 25643095, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000000234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexCoronary heart diseaseExcess relative riskHigh-sensitive C-reactive proteinHigher body mass indexC-reactive proteinBlood pressureRelative riskMass indexBlood glucoseHeart diseaseRisk factorsMetabolic risk factorsProspective cohort studyPrevalence of overweightMajor risk factorRandom-effects modelProthrombotic biomarkersCHD eventsCohort studyInflammatory biomarkersObese participantsMetabolic mediatorsMetabolic factorsMultiplicative scale
2011
National, regional, and global trends in body-mass index since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 960 country-years and 9·1 million participants
Finucane MM, Stevens GA, Cowan MJ, Danaei G, Lin JK, Paciorek CJ, Singh GM, Gutierrez HR, Lu Y, Bahalim AN, Farzadfar F, Riley LM, Ezzati M, Group O. National, regional, and global trends in body-mass index since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 960 country-years and 9·1 million participants. The Lancet 2011, 377: 557-567. PMID: 21295846, PMCID: PMC4472365, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(10)62037-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexHealth Examination SurveyHigher body mass indexFemale body mass indexMale body mass indexExamination SurveyEpidemiological studiesPopulation body mass indexMean body mass indexMajor public health concernNational Health Examination SurveyAdults 20 yearsPublic health concernNon-significant decreaseBMI changeExcess bodyweightMetabolic mediatorsHigh-income countriesHealth concernMelinda Gates FoundationHealth effectsWomenMenSaharan AfricaGates Foundation