Risk factors for coronary artery disease in old persons in an academic hospital-based geriatrics practice

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 437-439

  Ness, Jose ^b   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Ahn, Chul ^b  

^a HEBREW HOSPITAL HOME   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Diabetes mellitus; Dyslipidemia; Hypertension; Obesity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033945485     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200007000-00009     Document Type: Article

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