Short stature and coronary heart disease: A 35-year follow-up of the Finnish cohorts of The Seven Countries Study

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 248, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 326-332

  Forsen T ^a   Eriksson, J ^a   Qiao, Q ^a   Tervahauta, M ^b   Nissinen, A ^b   Tuomilehto, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Seven Countries Study; Stature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT STATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY DISEASE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0033771638     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2000.00747.x     Document Type: Article

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