Cholesterol and Glucose Metabolism and Recurrent Cardiovascular Events Among the Elderly. A Prospective Study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 708-714

  Strandberg, Timo E ^a,b   Tilvis, Reijo S ^c   Pitkala, Kaisu H ^c   Miettinen, Tatu A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746817894     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.04.081     Document Type: Article

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