Risk factors for coronary heart disease in 55- and 35-year-old men and women in Sweden and Estonia

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 252, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 551-560

  Johansson, Jan ^a,c   Viigimaa, M ^b   Jensen Urstad, M ^a   Krakaui, I ^a   Hansson, L O ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Coronary heart disease; Smoking

Indexed keywords

FAT; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SELF EVALUATION; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LIPOPROTEINS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 18744377159     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2002.01068.x     Document Type: Article

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