Optimum expression of adult lung function based on all-cause mortality: Results from the Reykjavik study

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 601-609

  Chinn, S ^a   Gislason, T ^b   Aspelund, T ^c   Gudnason, V ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Mortality; Proportional hazards models; Respiratory function tests; Smoking; Survival rates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ICELAND; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; ICELAND; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 33846707251     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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