Population-based epidemiological study on characteristics of risk factors of hypercholesterolemia in Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-54

  Al Nuaim, Abdul Rahman ^a   Mirdad, Soleman ^a   Al Rubeaan, Khalid ^a   Al Mazrou, Yagob ^a   Al Attas, Omer ^a   Al Daghari, Nasser ^a   Khoja, Tawfik ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Characteristic; Hypercholesterolemia; Risk factor; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030780937     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(97)00164-2     Document Type: Article

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