PROCEED: Prospective Obesity Cohort of Economic Evaluation and Determinants: baseline health and healthcare utilization of the US sample*

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Is relationship between serum cholesterol and risk of premature death from coronary heart disease continuous and graded? Findings in 356,222 primary screenees of the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT)

1986 • 1,758 citations

The Effect of Age on the Association between Body-Mass Index and Mortality

1998 • 1,643 citations

NCEP-Defined Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes, and Prevalence of Coronary Heart Disease Among NHANES III Participants Age 50 Years and Older

2003 • 1,462 citations

Current Estimates of the Economic Cost of Obesity in the United States

1998 • 1,303 citations

Is Relationship Between Serum Cholesterol and Risk of Premature Death From Coronary Heart Disease Continuous and Graded?

1986 • 1,248 citations

Abdominal Adiposity and Coronary Heart Disease in Women

1998 • 1,238 citations

Comparison of abdominal adiposity and overall obesity in predicting risk of type 2 diabetes among men

2005 • 1,104 citations

Weight, Weight Change, and Coronary Heart Disease in Women

1995 • 910 citations

WEIGHT AS A RISK FACTOR FOR CLINICAL DIABETES IN WOMEN

1990 • 768 citations

A prospective study of nutritional factors and hypertension among US men.

1992 • 738 citations

Associations of General and Abdominal Obesity With Multiple Health Outcomes in Older Women

2000 • 677 citations

Body weight and longevity. A reassessment

1987 • 540 citations

Adipose Tissue Quantification by Imaging Methods: A Proposed Classification

2003 • 484 citations

A single threshold value of waist girth identifies normal-weight and overweight subjects with excess visceral adipose tissue

1996 • 484 citations

Obesity, Health Services Use, and Health Care Costs Among Members of a Health Maintenance Organization

1998 • 407 citations

Body Weight and Longevity

1987 • 377 citations

The Costs of Visits to Emergency Departments

1996 • 342 citations

Health-related quality of life in obese persons seeking treatment.

1996 • 268 citations

Health Services Use and Health Care Costs of Obese and Nonobese Individuals

2004 • 245 citations

The Economic Costs Associated With Body Mass Index in a Workplace

1998 • 170 citations

Estimated Economic Costs of Obesity to U.S. Business

1998 • 163 citations

What Is the Economic Case for Treating Obesity?

1998 • 152 citations

Body weight: estimation of risk for breast and endometrial cancers

1996 • 149 citations

Obesity and Absenteeism: An Epidemiologic Study of 10,825 Employed Adults

1998 • 136 citations

Hyperinsulinemia cluster predicts the development of type 2 diabetes independently of family history of diabetes.

1999 • 88 citations

Is the Relationship between Adipose Tissue and Waist Girth Altered by Weight Loss in Obese Men?

2001 • 71 citations

Medical care expenditure associated with body mass index in Japan: the Ohsaki Study

2002 • 70 citations

The ATTEMPT cohort: a multi‐national longitudinal study of predictors, patterns and consequences of smoking cessation; introduction and evaluation of internet recruitment and data collection methods

2006 • 65 citations

The impact of obesity on drug prescribing in primary care

2005 • 64 citations

The impact of obesity on drug prescribing in primary care.

2005 • 40 citations