Lieb, Wolfgang; Pencina, Michael J.; Lanier, Katherine J.; Tofler, Geoffrey H.; Levy, Daniel; Fox, Caroline S.; Wang, Thomas J.; D'Agostino, Ralph B.; Vasan, Ramachandran S.(American Diabetes Association, 2011-12-29)
OBJECTIVE: Parental obesity is a risk factor for offspring obesity. It is unclear whether parental obesity also confers risk for obesity-associated conditions (e.g., a proinflammatory or prothrombotic state) in the absence ...
OBJECTIVE: Obesity is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). We sought to determine rates of treatment and control of CVD risk factors among normal weight, overweight, and obese individuals in ...
Fox, Caroline S.; Pencina, Michael J.; Wilson, Peter W.F.; Paynter, Nina P.; Vasan, Ramachandran S.; D'Agostino, Ralph B.(American Diabetes Association, 2011-12-29)
OBJECTIVE: We assessed the lifetime risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among individuals with and without obesity and diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Participants were drawn from the original and offspring cohorts ...
