Serum cholesterol and mortality rates in a native American population with low cholesterol concentrations: A U-shaped association

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1408-1415

  Fagot Campagna, Anne ^a   Hanson, Robert L ^a   Narayan, K M Venkat ^a   Sievers, Maurice L ^a   Pettitt, David J ^a   Nelson, Robert G ^a   Knowler, William C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030776734     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.5.1408     Document Type: Article

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