2000
Adiposity and Mortality in Men
Baik I, Ascherio A, Rimm EB, Giovannucci E, Spiegelman D, Stampfer MJ, Willett WC. Adiposity and Mortality in Men. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2000, 152: 264-271. PMID: 10933273, DOI: 10.1093/aje/152.3.264.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexRecent weight lossMeasures of adiposityCardiovascular diseaseGreater body mass indexWeight lossCardiovascular disease mortalityRisk of deathCancer mortality riskCause-specific mortalityExclusion of menLean menOverall mortalityWaist circumferenceMass indexDisease mortalityExcess mortalityRelative riskBody fatMortality riskUS menElevated riskOlder menHigh mortalityMortality
1999
Recreational Physical Activity and the Risk of Cholecystectomy in Women
Leitzmann M, Rimm E, Willett W, Spiegelman D, Grodstein F, Stampfer M, Colditz G, Giovannucci E. Recreational Physical Activity and the Risk of Cholecystectomy in Women. New England Journal Of Medicine 1999, 341: 777-784. PMID: 10477775, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199909093411101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of cholecystectomyRecreational physical activityMultivariate relative riskPhysical activityGallstone diseaseRelative riskSedentary behaviorHealth StudyBody weightCases of cholecystectomyRecent weight lossNurses' Health StudyYears of ageSymptomatic cholelithiasisDecreased riskLowest quintileRisk factorsCholecystectomyWeight lossWeight changeWomenDiseaseActivity levelsWeeksRisk