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Cohort study of effect of being overweight and change in weight on risk of coronary heart disease in old age
Author(s)	Tamara B Harris, Leonore J Launer, Jennifer Madans
Journal title	British Medical Journal, vol 314, no 7096, 21 June 1997
Pages	pp 1791-1794
Keywords	Obesity ; Heart disease ; Correlation ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Little is known about the effects of being overweight (defined as a body mass index equal to or greater than 27) in old age on risk of heart disease. In this longitudinal study of a group of American white men and women aged 70 to 86 and free of coronary heart disease in 1984-86, those who were overweight had an increased risk of coronary heart disease once weight history was accounted for. Weight history, particularly in late middle age, is important in assessing risk of coronary disease in older people. Older heavier people who gained more than 10% of midlife body weight, or thinner older people who had lost 10% or more of body weight show high risk compared with thinner people with stable weight.
Accession Number	CPA-970807010 A
Classmark	CSA: CQH: 49: 3J: 7T *
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