Associations of Diabetes and Obesity with Risk of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Men

• Main Authors: Lu Wang (Author), Luc Djousse (Author), Yiqing Song (Author), Akintunde O. Akinkuolie (Author), Chisa Matsumoto (Author), JoAnn E. Manson (Author), J. Michael Gaziano (Author), Howard D. Sesso (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. The associations of diabetes and obesity with the risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) are inconclusive in previous studies. Subjects/Methods. We conducted prospective analysis in the Physicians' Health Study. Among 25,554 male physicians aged ≥ 50 years who reported no AAA at ba...