Family history of coronary heart disease and pre-clinical carotid artery atherosclerosis in African Americans and whites: The ARIC study

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-178

  Bensen, Jeannette T ^a   Li, Rongling ^b   Hutchinson, Richard G ^c   Province, Michael A ^d   Tyroler, Herman A ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Atherosclerosis; Coronary heart disease (CHD)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032931883     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1999)16:2<165::AID-GEPI4>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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