Cardiovascular risk factors and global risk of fatal cardiovascular disease are positively correlated between partners of 802 married couples from different European countries: Report from the IMMIDIET project

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 648-655

  Di Castelnuovo, Augusto ^a   Quacquaruccio, Gianni ^a   Arnout, Jozef ^b   Cappuccio, Francesco Paolo ^c   de Lorgeril, Michel ^d   Dirckx, Carla ^b,h   Donati, Maria Benedetta ^a   Krogh, Vittorio ^e   Siani, Alfonso ^f   van Dongen, Marten C J M ^g   Zito, Francesco ^a   de Gaetano, Giovanni ^a   Iacoviello, Licia ^a   Arnout, Jef ^b   Buntinx, Frank ^h   Dagnelie, Peter C ^g   van Dongen, Martien ^g   Bonanni, Americo ^a   Rink, Pit ⁱ   Vohnout, Branislav ^a   Mancini, Mario ^j   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^j   Olivieri, Marco ^a   De Curtis, Amalia ^a   Pampuch, Agnieszka ^a   Achten, Ward ^b   Heyrman, Jan ^h   Miller, Michelle A ^d   Dean, Sally C ⁱ   Harper, Clare ⁱ   Dagnelie, Peter ^g   Lemaître, Dirk ^g   Sieri, Sabrina ^e   Bellegotti, Manuela ^e   Cerulli, Daniela Del Sette ^e   Barba, Gianvincenzo ^f   Russo, Paola ^f   Venezia, Antonella ^f   more..

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UFR de Medecine   (France)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j NONE

more..

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiology; Prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BELGIUM; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; ENGLAND; FACTOR VIIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROTEIN C; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPOUSES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 34548666753     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH07-01-0024     Document Type: Article

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