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. 2015 May 20;4(5):e001695. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001695

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© 2015 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley Blackwell.

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Hazard ratios of the composite outcome of coronary heart disease and ischemic stroke according to BMI categories and specific combinations of metabolic abnormalities in (A) white women and (B) black women. Women with no metabolic abnormalities were used as the reference in all models, and all models were adjusted for age, smoking, BMI, waist circumference, and hormone use at baseline and stratified by hormone therapy trial study arm and hysterectomy status. BMI indicates body mass index; BP, blood pressure; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein-cholesterol; HR, hazard ratio; ref, reference; TG, triglycerides.