Predominance of aortic calcification as an atherosclerotic manifestation in women: The Reykjavík study

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 383-387

  Danielsen, Ragnar ^a   Sigvaldason, Helgi ^b   Thorgeirsson, Gudmundur ^a   Sigfússon, Nikulás ^b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b Heart Preventive Clinic Reykjavik   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Aortic calcification; Atherosclerotic risk factors; Coronary heart disease; Peripheral artery disease; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY RISK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0029873702     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(95)00547-1     Document Type: Article

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