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…, S Okuda, P Pecchini, M Mieth, R Mass… - NDT …, 2011 - ndtplus.oxfordjournals.org INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: Renal artery stenosis (RAS) is frequently associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) and the presence of both RAS and CAD represents an unfavourable condition as it increases the risk of cardiovascular and renal events. With this study we aimed at ...
[HTML] from thelancet.comMM Finucane, GA Stevens, MJ Cowan, G Danaei… - The Lancet, 2011 - go.nature.com Between 1980 and 2008, mean BMI worldwide increased by 0·4 kg/m 2 per decade (95% uncertainty interval 0·2–0·6, posterior probability of being a true increase >0·999) for men and 0·5 kg/m 2 per decade (0·3–0·7, posterior probability >0·999) for women. National BMI change for ... Cited by 34 - Related articles - All 16 versions
S Yusuf… - The Lancet, 2011 - thelancet.com Second, regression dilution bias will affect the hazard ratio of waist-to-hip ratio to a greater degree than for BMI. The regression dilution ratio is 0·95 for BMI, indicating that the adjusted hazard ratio will be very close to the unadjusted value of 1·07, whereas with a regression dilution ... Cached
OJ Rider, SE Petersen, JM Francis, MK Ali… - Heart, 2011 - heart.bmj.com Objective The traditionally accepted mechanism for ventricular adaptation to obesity suggests that cavity dilatation in response to increased blood volume and elevated filling pressure results in ventricular hypertrophy as a compensatory mechanism. Our hypothesis was that, ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - All 4 versions