Distribution of adipose tissue and risk of cardiovascular disease and death: a 12 year follow up of participants in the population study of women in Gothenburg, Sweden.

BMJ - Tập 289 Số 6454 - Trang 1257-1261 - 1984
Leif Lapidus1,2,3,4,5,6,7, Calle Bengtsson1,2,3,4,5,6,7, B. Larsson1,2,3,4,5,6,7, Kjell Pennert1,2,3,4,5,6,7, Elisabeth Rybo1,2,3,4,5,6,7, Lars Sjöström1,2,3,4,5,6,7
1 ELIZABETH MOWAT, MB, MRCGP, major, Royal Army Medical Corps
2Department of Biochemical Medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee
3Department of Biochemical Medicine, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DD1 9SY.
4Sahlgrenska Hospital, Gothenburg University, S-413 45, Goteborg, Sweden
5department of medicine I KJELL PENNERT, BSC, statistician, department of medicine I
6department of medicine II CALLE BENGTSSON, MD, associate professor, department of medicine II BO
7medical laboratory scientific officer Mercer Medical Centre, Mercer Barracks, BFPO

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(Accepted 6 September 1984)