Height loss in older men: Associations with total mortality and incidence of cardiovascular disease

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 2546-2552

  Wannamethee, S Goya ^a   Shaper, A Gerald ^a   Lennon, Lucy ^a   Whincup, Peter H ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33845505056     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.22.2546     Document Type: Article

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