Short- and long-term prediction of clinical and subclinical atherosclerosis by traditional risk factors

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 559-567

  Nieto, F Javier ^a   Diez Roux, Ana ^b   Szklo, Moyses ^a   Comstock, George W ^a   Sharrett, A Richey ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Bias (epidemiology); Cholesterol; Coronary disease; Hypertension; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033151645     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00030-X     Document Type: Article

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