Relationship of baseline serum cholesterol levels in 3 large cohorts of younger men to long-term coronary, cardiovascular, and all-cause mortality and to longevity

JAMA

Volumn 284, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 311-318

  Stamler, Jeremiah ^a   Daviglus, Martha L ^a   Garside, Daniel B ^a   Dyer, Alan R ^a   Greenland, Philip ^a   Neaton, James D ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Preventive Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY RISK; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034686717     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.284.3.311     Document Type: Article

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