Risk factors for abdominal aortic aneurysms: a 7-year prospective study: the tromsø study, 1994 2001

Circulation

Volumn 119, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2202-2208

  Forsdahl, Signe Helene ^a   Singh, Kulbir ^b   Solberg, Steinar ^c   Jacobsen, Bjarne K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Cholesterol; Epidemiology; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRASOUND; BLOOD; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66549130221     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.817619     Document Type: Article

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