Nutrition-related cardiovascular risk factors in older people: Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1486-1489

  Erlinger, T P ^a   Pollack, H ^a   Appel, L J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Elderly; Hyperlipidemia; Hypertension; Nutrition; Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICARE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RACE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033773751     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.2000.48.11.1486     Document Type: Article

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