The association between circulating white blood cell count, triglyceride level and cardiovascular and all-cause mortality: Population-based cohort study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 177-183

  Shankar, Anoop ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^b   Rochtchina, Elena ^b   Wang, Jie Jin ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue Mountains Eye Study; Cardiovascular disease; Triglyceride levels; WBC count

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 34247119245     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.04.029     Document Type: Article

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