Obesity and the risk of heart failure

General Info

Geography

Massachusetts

United States of America (USA)

Coverage type

Subnational

Time period covered

January, 1976 - December, 2002

Data type

Scientific literature

Keywords

Body mass index, Heart failure, Obesity

Citation

Authors

Kenchaiah S, Evans JC, Levy D, Wilson PW, Benjamin EJ, Larson MG, Kannel WB, Vasan RS

Journal

N Engl J Med

Pages

305-13

Publication year

2002

Suggested citation

Kenchaiah S, Evans JC, Levy D, Wilson PW, Benjamin EJ, Larson MG, Kannel WB, Vasan RS. Obesity and the risk of heart failure. N Engl J Med. 2002; 347(5): 305-13.