Serum triglyceride: A possible risk factor for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 949-952

  Watt, Hilary C ^a   Law, Malcolm R ^a   Wald, Nicholas J ^a   Craig, Wendy Y ^b   Ledue, Thomas B ^b   Haddow, James E ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FOUNDATION FOR BLOOD RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Apolipoprotein B; Cholesterol; Triglyceride

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; HEIGHT; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEIN(A); LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0032445605     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.6.949     Document Type: Article

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