Non-linear models for the relation between cardiovascular risk factors and intake of wine, beer and spirits

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 363-383

  Ambler, Gareth ^a   Royston, Patrick ^b   Head, Jenny ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cardiovascular risk factors; Dose response modelling; Non linear regression

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BEER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM; WINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; BEER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; WINE;

EID: 0037441535     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.1359     Document Type: Article

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