Abdominal aortic calcification detected on lateral spine images from a bone densitometer predicts incident myocardial infarction or stroke in older women

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 409-416

  Schousboe, John T ^a,b   Taylor, Brent C ^b,c   Kiel, Douglas P ^d,e   Ensrud, Kristine E ^b,c   Wilson, Kevin E ^f   McCloskey, Eugene V ^g  

^a PARK NICOLLET INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f HOLOGIC INC   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic calcification; Bone densitometry; Myocardial infarction; Stroke; Vertebral fracture assessment

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; PREDICTION; RISK; SMOKING; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STROKE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BONE DENSITY; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CALCINOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLODRONIC ACID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SPINE; STROKE;

EID: 39749148984     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.071024     Document Type: Article

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