Cardiovascular risk factors in a cohort of Danish women born in 1936 prior to use of hormone therapy

Maturitas

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-226

  Løkkegaard, Ellen ^a,b   Eplov, Lene Falgaard ^c   Køster, Anne ^c   Garde, Karin ^c  

^a International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Research Centre for Prevention and Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Danish women; Hormone therapy

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 20644436905     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2004.05.011     Document Type: Article

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