Family history, longevity, and risk of coronary heart disease: The PRIME study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-77

  Yarnell, John ^a   Yu, Shicheng ^a   Patterson, Chris ^a   Cambien, François ^b   Arveiler, Dominique ^c   Amouyel, Philippe ^b   Ferrières, Jean ^b   Luc, Gérald ^b   Evans, Alun ^a   Ducimetière, Pierre ^d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c MONICA Project   (France)

^d HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Coronary heart disease; Family history; France; Heredity; Longevity; Men; Northern Ireland; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; GENDER; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PARENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HEREDITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 0037318535     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg038     Document Type: Article

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