Who exceeds ATP-III risk thresholds? Systematic examination of the effect of varying age and risk factor levels in the ATP-III risk assessment tool

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 619-623

  Cavanaugh Hussey, Margaret W ^a   Berry, Jarett D ^b   Lloyd Jones, Donald M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Primary prevention; Risk factors; Risk prediction

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57049104543     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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