The prognostic value of a nomogram for exercise capacity in women

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 353, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 468-475

  Gulati, Martha ^a,h   Black, Henry R ^a   Shaw, Leslee J ^b   Arnsdorf, Morton F ^c   Merz, C Noel Bairey ^b   Lauer, Michael S ^d   Marwick, Thomas H ^e   Pandey, Dilip K ^f   Wicklund, Roxanne H ^g   Thisted, Ronald A ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^h NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NOMOGRAM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 23044460445     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa044154     Document Type: Article

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