Study: Even somewhat-higher body mass index in teens can predict fatal heart events as adults
During 42,297,007 person-years of follow-up, 2,918 of 32,127 deaths (9.1%) were from cardiovascular causes, including 1,497 from coronary heart disease, 528 from stroke and 893 from sudden death.
![Man lying in a hospital bed at Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem [illustrative].](https://images.jpost.1eye.us/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/261409 "Man lying in a hospital bed at Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem [illustrative].")
