Estimating the effect of cardiovascular risk factors on all-cause mortality and incidence of coronary heart disease using G-estimation: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 155, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 710-718

  Tilling, Kate ^a,d   Sterne, Jonathan A C ^b   Szklo, Moyses ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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

^d Capital House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Epidemiologic methods; Heart diseases; Mortality

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; STROKE; SURVIVAL;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037090056     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/155.8.710     Document Type: Article

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