Cardiovascular disease risk factors among American Indians: The strong heart study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 269-287

  Welty, Thomas K ^a   Lee, Elisa T ^b   Yeh, Jeunliang ^b   Cowan, Linda D ^a   Go, Oscar ^b,c   Fabsitz, Richard R ^a   Le, Ngoc Anh ^a,d   Oopik, Arvo J ^g   Robbins, David C ^a,e   Howard, Barbara V ^f  

^a Aberdeen Area Indian Health Service   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FITZSIMONS ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Medlantic Research Institute   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Cholesterol; Diabetes mellitus; Hypertension; Indians, North American; Obesity; Risk factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029133097     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117633     Document Type: Article

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