Risk factors and incident coronary heart disease in Chinese, Malay and Asian Indian males: The Singapore cardiovascular cohort study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 983-988

  Lee, Jeannette ^a   Heng, Derrick ^b   Chia, Kee Seng ^a   Chew, Suok Kai ^c   Tan, Bee Yian ^c   Hughes, Kenneth ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b National Medical Research Council   (Singapore)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian Indians; Chinese; Coronary heart disease; Malays; Prospective; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

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

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; RISK FACTOR;

AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC GROUP; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTION; REGISTER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0035166619     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.5.983     Document Type: Article

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