Selected Summaries Waist – hip ratio : A thrifty phenotype ?

Yusuf S, Hawken S, Ôunpuu S, Bautista L, Franzosi MG, Commerford P, Lang CC, Rumboldt Z, Onen CL, Lisheng L, Tanomsup S, Wangai P Jr, Razak F, Sharma AM, Anand SS, on behalf of the INTERHEART Study Investigators. (Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Canada; University of Wisconsin Medical School, Wisconsin, USA; Istituto Mario Negri, Milano, Italy; University of Cape Town, South Africa; Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK; University of Split, Croatia; Gaborone Private Hospital, Botswana; Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, Beijing, China; Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand; Nairobi Women’s Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.) Obesity and the risk of myocardial infarction in 27 000 participants from 52 countries: A case–control study. Lancet 2005;366:1640–9.

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