Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Sardinia from 1978 to 2001: A comparative study with Italian mainland

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 373-377

  Muntoni, Sandro ^a,b   Atzori, Luigi ^a   Mereu, Roberto ^a   Manca, Antonio ^c   Satta, Graziella ^d   Gentilini, Alessandro ^c   Bianco, Paolo ^c   Baule, Antonio ^c   Baule, Giovanni Maria ^c   Muntoni, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b MEDICO Association   (Italy)

^c SS Annunziata Hospital   (Italy)

^d Department of Medical Internistic and Anestesiological Sciences   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Epidemiology; Italy; Sardinia; Survey

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPOPROTEIN A; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOLIPOPROTEINS A; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; ITALY; LIPASE; LIPOPROTEIN(A); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; URIC ACID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349136014     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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