Traditional and Novel Risk Factors for Clinically Diagnosed Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: The Kaiser Multiphasic Health Checkup Cohort Study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 669-678

  Iribarren, Carlos ^a   Darbinian, Jeanne A ^a   Go, Alan S ^a   Fireman, Bruce H ^a   Lee, Chong D ^a   Grey, Douglas P ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic Aneurysm Epidemiology; Cohort Study; Risk Factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY HEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPHASIC SCREENING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34548010787     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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