Short and long term association of a single serum cholesterol measurement in middle-aged men in prediction of fatal coronary and other cardiovascular events: A cross-cultural comparison through Europe

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 597-604

  Menotti, Alessandro ^a   Lanti, Mariapaola ^a   Kromhout, Daan ^b   Kafatos, Anthony ^c   Nedeljkovic, Srecko ^d   Nissinen, Aulikki ^e  

^a Associazione Per la Ricerca Cardiologica   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Long term follow up; Prediction; Serum cholesterol

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; EUROPE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HAZARD; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEASUREMENT; NETHERLANDS; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREECE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 23744433294     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-005-7918-8     Document Type: Article

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