White blood cell count and incidence of coronary heart disease and ischemic stroke and mortality from cardiovascular disease in African-American and White men and women: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 154, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 758-764

  Lee, Chong Do ^a   Folsom, Aaron R ^a,b   Nieto, F Javier ^b   Chambless, Lloyd E ^c   Shahar, Eyal ^a   Wolfe, Douglas A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Cerebrovascular accident; Coronary disease; Leukocyte count; Leukocytes; Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNICITY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035887939     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/154.8.758     Document Type: Article

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