Gender difference in coronary events in relation to risk factors in Japanese hypercholesterolemic patients treated with low-dose simvastatin

Circulation Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 810-814

  Sasaki, Jun ^a   Kita, Toru ^b   Mabuchi, Hiroshi ^c   Matsuzaki, Masunori ^d   Matsuzawa, Yuji ^e   Nakaya, Noriaki ^f   Oikawa, Shinichi ^g   Saito, Yasushi ^h   Shimamoto, Kazuaki ⁱ   Kono, Suminori ^j   Itakura, Hiroshige ^k  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e SUMITOMO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f Nakaya Clinic   (Japan)

^g NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^h CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^j KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k IBARAKI CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Coronary events; Hyperlipidemia; Risk factors; Serum cholesterol; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PROBUCOL; SIMVASTATIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SIMVASTATIN;

EID: 33745521822     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.810     Document Type: Article

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