The effect of ethnicity on the relationship between premature coronary artery disease and traditional cardiac risk factors among uninsured young adults

Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 128-135

  Amin, Amit P ^a   Nathan, Sandeep ^a,b   Evans, Arthur T ^a,b   Attanasio, Steve ^b   Mukhopadhyay, Ekanka ^a   Mehta, Vijay ^a   Kelly, Russell F ^a,b  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67549137458     PISSN: 1520037X     EISSN: 17517141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7141.2009.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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