Gender-based differences in the prognostic value of coronary calcification

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-283

  Raggi, Paolo ^a,e   Shaw, Leslee J ^b   Berman, Daniel S ^c   Callister, Tracy Q ^d  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Atlanta Cardiovasc Res Institute   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EBT Research Foundation   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2442652649     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/154099904323016437     Document Type: Article

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