Screening for coronary heart disease in elderly men based on current and past cholesterol levels

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1257-1265

  Hakim, Amy A ^a,b   Curb, J David ^c,d   Burchfiel, Cecil M ^c,e   Rodriguez, Beatriz L ^c,d   Sharp, Dan S ^e   Yano, Katsuhiko ^d   Abbott, Robert D ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cholesterol; Coronary heart disease; Screening

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAWAII; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032742127     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00130-4     Document Type: Article

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