Is sialic acid an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease? A 17-year follow-up study in Busselton, Western Australia

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 627-632

  Knuiman, Matthew W ^a,b   Watts, Gerald F ^a   Divitini, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; BHS; BMI; body mass index; Busselton Health Study; CABG; Cardiovascular Diseases; CHD; Cohort Studies; coronary heart disease; ICD; International Classification of Diseases; LDL; low density lipoprotein; Sialic Acid; Survival Analysis

Indexed keywords

SIALIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREEZING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TECHNIQUE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SIALIC ACIDS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 4544261382     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2003.09.017     Document Type: Article

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