Traditional risk factors and subclinical disease measures as predictors of first myocardial infarction in older adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1339-1347

  Psaty, Bruce M ^a,h   Furberg, Curt D ^b   Kuller, Lewis H ^c   Bild, Diane E ^d   Rautaharju, Pentti M ^b   Polak, Joseph F ^e   Bovill, Edwin ^f   Gottdiener, John S ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^g GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Data Coordinating Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033612563     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.12.1339     Document Type: Article

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