Total and high density lipoprotein cholesterol as risk factors for coronary heart disease in elderly men during 5 years of follow-up: The Zutphen elderly study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-158

  Weijenberg, Matty P ^a   Feskens, Edith J M ^a   Kromhout, Daan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aged; cholesterol; coronary disease; HDL; lipoproteins; mortality; prospective study

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0030026545     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008724     Document Type: Article

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