Uric acid is a risk factor for myocardial infarction and stroke: The Rotterdam Study

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1503-1507

  Bos, Michiel J ^a   Koudstaal, Peter J ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a   Breteler, Monique M B ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Epidemiology; Myocardial infarction; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; URIC ACID;

EID: 33745144316     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000221716.55088.d4     Document Type: Article

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