Short stature and prognosis of coronary heart disease in women

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 245, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 557-563

  Wamala, S P ^a,b   Mittleman, M A ^a,b   Horsten, M ^a,b   Schenck Gustafsson, K ^a,c   Orth Gomér, Kristina ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular mortality; Height; Prognosis; Recurrent acute myocardial infarction; Socioeconomic status; Women

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHORT STATURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BODY HEIGHT; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033002603     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1999.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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