Figure 6.
Standardized incidence ratio for first major coronary event by quintile of relative weight in six Pooling Project cohorts. ALB = Albany; Ch-GAS = Chicago People’s Gas Company; CH-WE = Chicago Western Electric; FRAM = Framingham; LA = Los Angeles Heart Study; MINN-RR = Minnesota Railroad Workers Study. Adapted from the Pooling Project Research Group[21] Barrett-Connor EL: Obesity, atherosclerosis, and coronary artery disease. Ann Intern Med 1985; 103(6 (Pt 2)): 1010–9 (reprinted with permission from American College of Physicians).