Do lipids, blood pressure, diabetes, and smoking confer equal risk of myocardial infarction in women as in men? The Reykjavik Study

European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 67-76

  Jónsdóttir, Lilja S ^a   Sigfússon, Nikulás ^a   Gunason, Vilmundur ^a   Sigvaldason, Helgi ^a   Thorgeirsson, Gumundur ^b  

^a ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

coronary heart disease; epidemiology; myocardial infarction; population survey; risk factor; women

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; ICELAND; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; ICELAND; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0036105801     PISSN: 17418267     EISSN: 17418275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/174182670200900201     Document Type: Article

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