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Review
. 2006 Nov 11;333(7576):1009-11.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.568738.43.

ABC of obesity. Risk factors for diabetes and coronary heart disease

Sarah H Wild  1 , Christopher D Byrne
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Review

ABC of obesity. Risk factors for diabetes and coronary heart disease

Sarah H Wild et al. BMJ. .
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Body mass index at follow-up and relative risk for type 2 diabetes in participants in nurses' health study. Data derived from Colditz et al (see Further Reading box)
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Distribution of body mass index in people with diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in past two years, by age at diagnosis (based on 371, 1466, 1302 people aged 25-44, 45-64, and ≥65 respectively at diagnosis, in population based diabetes register in Lothian, Scotland)
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Increase in mean systolic blood pressure in overweight and obese men and women compared with normal weight individuals. Data from Health Survey for England, 2003 (www.dh.gov.uk)
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Prevalence ratios for hypertension (that is, a doctor's diagnosis or three readings of ≥140/90 mm Hg) by sex, age, and BMI category. Data derived from cross sectional data from the NHANES III study (Must et al (see Further Reading box))
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Odds ratios for hypertriglyceridaemia (triglycerides >1.7 mmol/l) by sex and BMI category. Data derived from cross sectional study of 6318 Taiwanese (3540 men, 2778 women) attending health screening centres in southern Taiwan in 2002-3 (Tsai et al. Am J Epidemiol 2004;160:557-65)
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Prevalence ratios for hypercholesterolaemia (that is, a doctor's diagnosis or a measurement of ≥6.2 mmol/l) by sex, age, and BMI category. Data derived from cross sectional data from the NHANES III study (Must et al (see Further Reading box))
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