Why Is Diabetes Mellitus a Stronger Risk Factor for Fatal Ischemic Heart Disease in Women Than in Men?: The Rancho Bernardo Study

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 265, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 627-631

  Barrett Connor, Elizabeth L ^a   Cohn, Barbara A ^b   Wingard, Deborah L ^a   Edelstein, Sharon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0026073747     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1991.03460050081025     Document Type: Article

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