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. 2011 Jun 16;149(3):401-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.03.029. Epub 2011 Apr 5.

Self-reported teenage body size and heart failure in adults ≥65years of age

Emily B Levitan  1 , Marjan Mujib, Margaret A Feller, Linda G Jones, Patricia Sawyer, Stefan D Anker, Ali Ahmed
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Self-reported teenage body size and heart failure in adults ≥65years of age

Emily B Levitan et al. Int J Cardiol. .
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Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the association between perceived teenage body size and incidence of heart failure from a Cox proportional hazards model, adjusted for age, sex, and race.
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