Racial differences in coronary artery calcification in older adults

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 424-430

  Newman, Anne B ^a   Naydeck, Barbara L ^a   Whittle, Jeff ^a   Sutton Tyrrell, Kim ^a   Edmundowicz, Daniel ^a   Kuller, Lewis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary artery calcification; Elderly; Race

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

AGE; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALCINOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036118446     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hq0302.105357     Document Type: Article

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