Comparison of the associations of BMI and measures of regional adiposity with coronary heart disease, diabetes and all cause mortality: a study using data from four UK cohorts
- A. E. Taylor1,
- S. Ebrahim2,
- Y. Ben-Shlomo1,3,
- R. M. Martin1,3,
- P. H. Whincup4,
- J. W. Yarnell5,
- S. G. Wannamethee6,
- D. A. Lawlor1,3
- 1Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Bristol, UK
- 2Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
- 3MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Oakfield House, Bristol, UK
- 4Division of Community Health Sciences, St. George’s, University of London, London, UK
- 5Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK
- 6British Regional Heart Study, UCL Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK
Objective
To compare magnitudes of association of BMI and measures of regional adiposity with coronary heart disease, diabetes and all-cause mortality.
Design
2 prospective cohort and 2 cross sectional studies.
Participants
Members of 4 UK cohorts aged ≥45 years: 3937 women from the British Women’s Heart and Health Study (BWHHS), 2367 and 1950 men from phases 1 and 3 of the Caerphilly Prospective Study (CaPS), 403 men and women from Boyd Orr, 789 men and women from Maidstone and Dewsbury …
