Biased risk factor assessment in prospective studies of peripheral arterial disease due to change in exposure and selective mortality of high-risk individuals

Journal of Cardiovascular Risk

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 523-528

  Ögren, Mats ^a   Hedblad, Bo ^a   Janzon, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Bias; Confounding; Epidemiology; Hyperlipidaemia; Hypertension; Peripheral arterial disease; Risk factors; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

AGED; ARTERIES; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030432483     PISSN: 13506277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043798-199612000-00007     Document Type: Article

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