Influence of obesity on morbidity and mortality after acute myocardial infarction

Obesity as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease: a 26-year follow-up of participants in the Framingham Heart Study.

Helen B. Hubert, M Feinleib, Patricia McNamara et al. · Circulation · 1983 · 4.3K citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Epidemiology +16

Indices of relative weight and obesity

Ancel Keys, Flaminio Fidanza, Martti J. Karvonen et al. · Journal of Chronic Diseases · 1972 · 2.1K citations

Public Health, Nutrition, Nutritional Sciences +8

Impact of obesity on metabolism in men and women. Importance of regional adipose tissue distribution.

M Krotkiewski, Per Björntorp, Lars Sjöström et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1983 · 1.5K citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Physiology, Clinical Nutrition +12

Variations in mortality by weight among 750,000 men and women

Edward A. Lew, Lawrence Garfinkel · Journal of Chronic Diseases · 1979 · 1.2K citations

Public Health, Nutrition, Epidemiologic Methods +7

Characteristics affecting fibrinolytic activity and plasma fibrinogen concentrations.

T W Meade, Ranjan Chakrabarti, Andy Haines et al. · BMJ · 1979 · 418 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Physiology +10