BODY WEIGHT VERSUS WEIGHT STANDARDS IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND A HEALTHY GROUP
Authors: S M GARN, M M GERTLER, S A LEVINE, P D WHITE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Article1 June 1951BODY WEIGHT VERSUS WEIGHT STANDARDS IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND A HEALTHY GROUPSTANLEY M. GARN, MENARD M. GERTLER, SAMUEL A. LEVINE, F.A.C.P., PAUL D. WHITE, F.A.C.P.STANLEY M. GARN, MENARD M. GERTLER, SAMUEL A. LEVINE, F.A.C.P., PAUL D. WHITE, F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-6-1416 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA number of authors have concluded that "overweight," as variously defined, was common among patients who died at a relatively early age of cardiac disorders.1, 2 In general, their conclusions have been drawn from studies where the weight of the patients was compared to insurance company standards3 or to inductee standards.4 However, more recent studies have not verified the belief that weight elevated over optimal weight is by itself morbidogenic. Levy et al. concluded that "overweight alone did not increase to a significant degree the death rate with cardiovascular renal diseases."5In reviewing many of these studies, it was noticed...Bibliography1. GoldsmithWillius GAFA: Body build and heredity in coronary thrombosis, Ann. Int. Med. 10: 1181, 1937. LinkGoogle Scholar2. PearlCiocco RA: Somatological differences associated with diseases of the heart in white males, Human Biol. 6: 650-714, 1934. Google Scholar3. DublinMarks LFHH: The influence of weight on certain causes of death, Human Biol. 2: 159, 1930. Google Scholar4. FrenchDock AJW: Fatal arteriosclerosis in young soldiers, J. A. M. A. 124: 1233-1237, 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. LevyWhiteStroudHillman RLPDWPCC: Overweight: its prognostic significance, J. A. M. A. 131: 951-953, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Mainland D: The treatment of laboratory and clinical data, 1938, Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. GertlerGarnWhite MMSMPD: Coronary heart disease, Monograph in press, New York City. Google Scholar8. MoritzZamcheck ARN: Sudden and unexpected deaths of young soldiers, Arch. Path. 42: 459-494, 1946. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. YaterTraumBrownFitzgeraldGeislerWilcox WMAHWGRPMABB: Coronary atherosclerosis in men eighteen to thirty-nine years of age, Am. Heart J. 36: 334, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication January 18, 1950.From the Coronary Research Project, Cardiac Department, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Drs. P. D. White, H. B. Sprague, E. F. Bland, J. Lerman, S. A. Levine, and E. A. Hooton, Directors. Supported by a grant from the Commonwealth Fund, New York City. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByObituary: Stanley Marion Garn (1922-2007)Comparison of Body Mass Index Among Patients With Versus Without Angiographic Coronary Artery DiseaseMultivariate prediction of total and cardiovascular mortality in an obese Polynesian population.Human physique and susceptibility to noninfectious diseaseThe status of risk factors and coronary heart diseaseRelation of Body Weight to Development of Coronary Heart DiseaseMyocardial infarction in young men∗INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES RELATING TO CORONARY ARTERY DISEASEBehind the adipose curtainBODY COMPOSITION AND THE ETIOLOGY OF DEGENERATIVE DISEASESDie Grundstoffe der NahrungKrankheiten der GefäßeTHE ROLE OF FOOD IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASEAutopsy Studies in AtherosclerosisBODY FAT AND BLOOD PRESSURE OF NATIVES IN NEW GUINEA : REFLECTIONS ON ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSIONCurrent status of diet and lipid metabolism in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosisThe Incidence of Angina Pectoris and Myocardial Infarction in a 1938-1955 Hospital Material.1Relationship of body weight to acute myocardial infarctionThe diet and the development of coronary heart diseaseArteriosklerose und DiätPHYSIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF OBESITY UPON THE HEART: THE INCIDENCE OF OBESITY IN CORONARY DISEASE†Obesity and heart diseaseArteriosclerotic heart disease in diabetes mellitusOBSERVATIONS ON ATHEROSCLEROSIS OF THE CORONARY ARTERIES IN MALES UNDER THE AGE OF 46: A NECROPSY STUDY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SOMATOTYPES*DAVID M. SPAIN, M.D., VICTORIA A. BRADESS, M.D., GERALDINE HUSS, M.D. 1 June 1951Volume 34, Issue 6Page: 1416-1420KeywordsBody weightCardiovascular diseasesDeath ratesHeart diseasesOverweightRenal diseasesStable coronary artery disease Issue Published: 1 June 1951 PDF DownloadLoading ...