The predictive power of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol for coronary calcification

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 281-289

  Allison, Matthew A ^a   Wright, Michael ^b   Tiefenbrun, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcification; Cholesterol; Coronary; Correlation

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY FAT; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON BEAM; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HEART; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0042384467     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(02)00571-5     Document Type: Article

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