Premenopausal black women have more risk factors for coronary heart disease than white women

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1040-1045

  Gerhard, Glenn T ^a   Sexton, Gary ^b   Malinow, M René ^b   Wander, Rosemary C ^b   Connor, Sonja L ^b   Pappu, Anuradha S ^b   Connor, William E ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIPOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031766424     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00554-2     Document Type: Article

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