CENTRAL OBESITY-J. Vague (9) first documented central obesity as an adverse health
factor in the early 1950s when he described the android and gynoid forms of obesity …

Emerging evidence suggests that subclasses of LDL, characterized by variations in density,
size, and chemical composition of LDL particles, are of important clinical significance …

Tobacco and alcohol use are leading causes of mortality that influence risk for many
complex diseases and disorders. They are heritable, and etiologically related, behaviors that …

Objectives Despite nearly 40 years of research, the role of plasma triglyceride as a risk factor
for cardiovascular disease remains elusive. The objectives of the present study were to …

Background: COPDGene is a multicenter observational study designed to identify genetic
factors associated with COPD. It will also characterize chest CT phenotypes in COPD …

To determine the relation between plasma triglyceride levels and the risk of incident
cardiovascular disease, the semiquantitative techniques of meta-analysis were applied to 17 …

Tobacco and alcohol use are heritable behaviours associated with 15% and 5.3% of
worldwide deaths, respectively, due largely to broad increased risk for disease and injury …

Background: Recent meta-analyses show strong evidence of associations among genetic
variants in CHRNA5 on chromosome 15q25, smoking quantity, and lung cancer. This meta …

Importance The causal direction and magnitude of the association between telomere length
and incidence of cancer and non-neoplastic diseases is uncertain owing to the susceptibility …

Background Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are
associated with accelerated loss of lung function and death. Identification of patients at risk …