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Adiposity and Incident Heart Failure in Older Adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study

L Djouss, TM Bartz, JH Ix, SJ Zieman, JA Delaney... - Obesity, 2011 - Abstract While several studies have reported a positive association between overall adiposity and heart failure (HF) risk, limited and inconsistent data are available on the relation between central adiposity and incident HF in older adults. We sought to examine ...