Low-risk profile for cardiovascular disease and mortality in Japanese

Circulation Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 545-550

  Yamamoto, Takako ^a   Nakamura, Yasuyuki ^b   Hozawa, Atsushi ^a   Okamura, Tomonori ^a   Kadowaki, Takashi ^a   Hayakawa, Takehito ^c,f   Murakami, Yoshitaka ^a   Kita, Yoshikuni ^a   Okayama, Akira ^d,g   Abbott, Robert D ^a,e   Ueshima, Hirotsugu ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g National Cardiovascular Center

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 43549083868     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.72.545     Document Type: Article

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