Does IQ predict total and cardiovascular disease mortality as strongly as other risk factors? Comparison of effect estimates using the Vietnam Experience Study

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1541-1544

  Batty, G D ^a,b   Shipley, M J ^c   Gale, C R ^d   Mortensen, L H ^e,f   Deary, I J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; VIET NAM;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56749151998     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.149567     Document Type: Article

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