Epidemiology of hypertriglyceridemia in the elderly Taiwanese population

McGill Journal of Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 12-16

  Lin, Cheng Chieh ^a,c,d   Li, Tsai Chung ^b,e,f   Lai, Shih Wei ^a,f   Li, Chia Ing ^a,f   Wang, Kuo Che ^a,f   Tan, Chee Keong ^a,f   Ng, Kim Choy ^a,f   Liu, Chiu Shong ^a,d  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f CMCH

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN;

EID: 29344442814     PISSN: 1201026X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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