| Document ID (ISN) | 59080 |
| CIS number |
92-1888 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0002-9262 - American Journal of Epidemiology |
| Year |
1991 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Yao C.H., Slattery M.L., Jacobs D.R., Folsom A.R., Nelson E.T. |
| Title |
Anthropometric predictors of coronary heart disease and total mortality - Findings from the US Railroad Study |
| Bibliographic information |
1 Dec. 1991, Vol.134, No.11, p.1278-1289. 31 ref. |
| Abstract |
Prospective data from the US Railroad study were used to investigate the relationships of several anthropometric variables to coronary heart disease and all-cause mortality in males initially free of cardiovascular disease. Anthropometric indicators of total body fat and central body fat were significantly and directly associated with age-adjusted coronary heart disease mortality. When systolic blood pressure, serum cholesterol, cigarette smoking, and vital capacity were also taken into account, the ratio chest circumference/shoulder diameter (central body fat) remained significantly associated with coronary heart disease mortality. Total, central, and peripheral body fat had a "U"-shaped relation with all-cause mortality. These results indicate that certain anthropometric measurements, especially those that may indicate central adiposity, are positively related to the development of fatal coronary heart disease and quadratically related to all-causes death rates. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
coronary diseases; mortality; heart diseases; anthropometry; obesity |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USA; cholesterol; smoking; rail transport; vital capacity; epidemiologic study; blood pressure |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | China; USA |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Cardiovascular diseases
Anthropometry
Ergonomics
Metabolic diseases
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