Cholesterol predicts stroke mortality in the women's pooling project

Stroke

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1863-1868

  Horenstein, Richard B ^a   Smith, Dean E ^b   Mosca, Lori ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Stroke prevention; Women

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FEMININITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036310778     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000020093.67593.0B     Document Type: Article

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