Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 7 , Pages 462-468 , September 2009

Obesity markers and estimated 10-year fatal cardiovascular risk in Switzerland

  • P. Marques-Vidal

      Affiliations

    • Cardiomet, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Bugnon 17, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 21 314 7272; fax: +41 21 314 7373.
    • ,
  • M. Bochud

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • V. Mooser

      Affiliations

    • Medical Genetics, GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • F. Paccaud

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • G. Waeber

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • P. Vollenweider

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland

Received 18 June 2008 ,Revised 3 October 2008 ,Accepted 6 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2008.10.001

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 7 , Pages 462-468 , September 2009

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