Cholesterol and other lipids predict coronary heart disease and ischaemic stroke in the elderly, but only in those below 70 years

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 201-208

  Simons, Leon A ^a   Simons, Judith ^a   Friedlander, Yechiel ^b   McCallum, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cohort study; Coronary heart disease; Elderly; Ischaemic stroke; Lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034750769     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(01)00495-6     Document Type: Article

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