Coronary artery calcification in Japanese men in Japan and Hawaii

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 166, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1280-1287

  Abbott, Robert D ^a,b,c,d,k   Ueshima, Hirotsugu ^b   Rodriguez, Beatriz L ^c,d,e   Kadowaki, Takashi ^b,f   Masaki, Kamal H ^c,d,e   Willcox, Bradley J ^c,d,e   Sekikawa, Akira ^b,f   Kuller, Lewis H ^f   Edmundowicz, Daniel ^g   Shin, Chol ^h   Kashiwagi, Atsunori ^b   Nakamura, Yasuyuki ⁱ   El Saed, Aiman ^f   Okamura, Tomonori ^b   White, Roger ^j   Curb, J David ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c PACIFIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^h Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

ⁱ KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j Holistica Hawaii   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

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Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cohort studies; Coronary disease; Japan; Men; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; HEALTH RISK; MENS HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HAWAII; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36248948535     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm201     Document Type: Article

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