The relationship of age, blood pressure, serum cholesterol and smoking habits with the risk of typical and atypical coronary heart disease death in the European cohorts of the Seven Countries Study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-163

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

^a Association for Cardiac Research   (Serbia)

^b Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases   (Serbia)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

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

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Epidemiology; Risk factors; Typical and atypical manifestations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EUROPE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 28444479481     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.12.092     Document Type: Article

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